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+/youtube-noscript-shim/ is a [[wikipedia:Userscript][userscript]] that implements the most basic
+features of the [[https://youtube.com][YouTube]] user inteface, enough to make the site at
+least barely usable without javascript.
+
+YouTube is largely unusable unless you run their [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html][proprietary
+javascript]]. This is a problem for multiple reasons:
+
+- you value your software freedom
+- you dislike executing javascript from remote sites because of the
+ remote code execution backdoor that it is
+- your browser does not support javascript
+
+* Installation
+
+You will need [[https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/][Icecat]]/[[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/][Firefox]] with the [[https://www.greasespot.net/][Greasemonkey addon]]
+installed. Install the youtube-noscript-shim userscript [[https://git.systemreboot.net/youtube-noscript-shim/plain/youtube-noscript-shim.user.js][from
+here]]. This userscript implements the YouTube user interface. In
+addition, to play video, you will also need the excellent [[http://isebaro.com/viewtube/][ViewTube
+userscript]]. You can install ViewTube [[https://github.com/sebaro/ViewTube/raw/master/viewtube.user.js][from here]]. In addition, consider
+using [[https://www.torproject.org/][tor]] for added privacy/anonymity.
+
+{{{contact}}}
+
+{{{license(youtube-noscript-shim)}}}