#rabb.it

Oh yeah? Rabb.it was an excellent site which allowed you to watch things with your friends for no money and no restrictions, back in 2015-2017 or even earlier. It went away not because there was something wrong with it, but because investors pulled out. The replacement, Kast, is not nearly as good (and it also forces you to make an account)

All of the options that I have tried either force you to make an account (and then try to make you buy their premium version), or they only work on streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, HBO (or only goddamn youtube) or they force you to use an extension which barely works or they have some other issue. Discord and Skype can work for this, but they can still have issues with sound or video, not mentioning that only one person controls the room.

We are in goddamn pandemic world and we still don't have a good option for watching a movie (not from a streaming site) with your long distance friends.

Hey you! Remember Rabbit? Do you miss it and want an alternative? You are in luck!

Tutturu.tv is a shared browsing service, just like Rabbit was before it closed! Users can invite friends to their room and take turns controlling a shared virtual browser, allowing them to visit any website they desire together.

HELLO YES I have found an actual good solution to our dearly departed rabb.it!

It is.... *drumroll*... 

Discord screen sharing!

I think most people have Discord nowadays (and if you don’t, get it, it is eight million times better than Skype and requires way less personal information)

If you have a chat of up to 9 members, just hit that video call button

After the call starts, hit the “Screen Share” icon

Click the “Application Window” tab, then select the window that has Netflix/Hulu/Youtube/whatever open

Make sure that the “sound” toggle is on so that people can hear the sound playing in that window

And then once it’s shared, just pull up your Netflix/Youtube/whatever window up and press play! 

Only that window will be shared, so you can go back to the Discord window and chat with people without interrupting the video. You can voice chat over it as well, if you want!

The highest video settings without Nitro are 30fps, but when I tested it the video and audio were both pretty good. Better than rabbit, according to the friend I was testing it with. :D

The only drawback I’ve found is this: 

But overall, it seems like this is the best option compared to the limited rabbit alternatives I’ve tested so far. 

Go forth and watch stuff together! 

rabbit: we’re shutting down

me: