Support for switching to embedded players

[ChunkyProgrammer]

Support for switching to embedded players

Pull Request Type

• Feature Implementation

Related issue

#451

Description

A quick proof-of-concept that seems to work surprisingly well

Screenshots

FreeTube with a youtube embed (ads are blocked and the iframe is somewhat sandboxed, links to other videos + to the channel are blocked):

FreeTube with an invidious embed (dash not enabled):

Testing

Not including tests because I don't think should be merged unless absolutely necessary (which it isn't right now)

[openforfuture]

Since YouTube occasionally changes its platform in ways that break FreeTube’s functionality, having embedded players as a fallback would be extremely useful. Currently, the only alternative is to open the embedded video in a browser (or in an external player that supports YouTube links, but when YouTube changes something, they often break as well). This workaround is also quite inconvenient, especially because video views aren’t tracked. If you want the video to appear greyed out and be recorded in your history, you have to do it manually.

So please consider implementing this feature — it would significantly improve the user experience. Nowadays, the embedded player is often the only way to watch content with fewer distractions. Thank you! 🙏