Smaller instances won't have a lot of the issues that the main instance has. I run one at https://dmv.pub. DMV being the DC/Maryland/Virginia region but anyone is welcome to join.
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Ditch iOS if you want more control over your phone.
Use LibreTube.
Artemis is starting out as a Kbin app, but the developer is adding Lemmy support as well.
Actually I only pay $20/month for a hosted opensearch server for my Mastodon instance. I think a lot of people on Mastodon are against full text search for ideological reasons.
I've been an early adopter subscribe for months and I'm loving it. The tools available make searching easier and so much more useful.
I started paying for Kagi a few months ago and I'm loving it. Search results and tools are great. People balk at paying for a search engine, but at least this way I know I'm not the product.
No hashtags, no full text search. Just an algorithmic feed and a following feed, and you can only search users.
It's the best Chromium browser. Company seems like it's run by decent people who listen to their users.