How to watch videos from YouTube alternatives on your TV

? An easy-to-follow tutorial for watching non-mainstream content on your TV.

Tom Parker

As the level of censorship on YouTube and other Big Tech video sharing platforms has continued to rise, a vibrant community of alternative video-sharing platforms and independent creators who host their videos on their own site has sprung up.

While most smart TVs and streaming TV services don’t offer native apps for viewing content on these alternative video-sharing platforms, there are still apps available that make it easy to play almost any online video on your smart TV.

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