I have really enjoyed Invidious in the past, but anytime I had to switch to a new server, I had to re-import all of my subscriptions, re-select my favorite channels, re-create my playlists, and re-update my preferred settings. While that doesn’t sound too bad, it got annoying as it happened numerous times and I eventually gave up. If there’s any way to make all of that easier/more streamlined, I may give it a try again. For now, I’m using a tweaked version of the iOS YouTube app and Freetube on desktop.

Interesting. I’ll have to look into PiVPN. Thanks!

I’ve been using NextDNS, and it’s working quite well for me. It successfully blocks ads and is easy to disable, if I ever need to.

That one works great! Thank you again for all of your time on this. I hope others enjoy it, as well!

Ah, ran into an issue on iOS:

One quick note: be sure to go into the Details screen for the Shortcut and enable “show in share sheet” on iOS for it to appear there.

Wow, this is fantastic! Thank you so much for your time and work on it. I hope you enjoyed learning more about Shortcuts along the way. I’m going to set it up now!

No worries! Like you said, it’s basically the same on both. However, reading through your post it looks like this will just open Lemmy. Is that correct? I’m looking to have a quick way to open the current instance in my own instance for easy subscribing.

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve been checking out The StoryGraph. Will see how this compares!