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People should just post YT links instead of whatever obscure frontend they decide is better (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ech@lemm.ee to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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For one, even if I wanted to use it, piped never works for me.

Second, on mobile, my alternative of choice doesn't recognize everyone's non-yt links, so it removes my choice in the matter.

Third, I have no reason to trust the weird-ass domains I see, and to un-fuck the url takes much more time then just handing out the original YT links and letting people choose for themselves how they view the video.

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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Most people post YouTube links, which are replaced by bots to privacy respecting front ends.

This is because the mods understand YouTube is a blood sucking vampire.

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think these bots clutter the threads. I wish there was a cleaner method.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Automatic footnotes would be great. Toggleable but enabled by default.

Could expand it to tons of services: https://farside.link

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

It's fine to have frontend bots. I post youtube links and let people decide where they want to watch it. For me I click on the YouTube link but it opens up in libretube, which uses youtube piped frontends.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 8 months ago

If that is the case, I wonder if the script is jacked up because as I mentioned in my top level comment, links to sites like piped never seem to work, even though if I navigate to the video manually it's fine.