As much as I'd like to see an alternative to YouTube on the fediverse, I can't see myself using it much unless my favorite content creators move on over there too. And I can't see them moving.

[–] EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life 1 points 2 years ago

Oddysee is built on LBRY, which I believe is the closest thing. I think there's something else called PeerTube, but I'm not sure what it is exactly (haven't looked into it).

[–] BobbyBandwidth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

We need to reclaim the internet

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[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just don't get how these providers (Specifically Reddit with the API lockdown and now the stranglehold on mods, Twitter's new login requirement, and YouTube now cracking down on adblockers) are missing the point that their sites live and die by user generated content.

I understand these sites are hugely expensive to run, but if you keep alienating those who are bringing users to your site in the first place, people will stop submitting and people will stop visiting.

[–] patatahooligan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, realistically there is a good chance that this will turn out just fine business-wise. They don't care if they lose some engagement or if the quality goes to shit. It's all good, as long as it makes some money.

In my opinion, this sort of model should be considered anti-competitive. It has become apparent that these services operate on a model where they offer a service that is too good to be true in order to kill the competition, and then they switch to their actual profitable business plan. If you think about it, peertube is a much more sensible economical model with its federation and p2p streaming. But nobody has ever cared about it because huge tech giants offer hosting & bandwith "for free". The evil part of youtube is not the ads, its the fact that it allowed us to bypass them long enough for the entire planet to become dependent on it.

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[–] xT1TANx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Having to watch ads isn't free. It costs me my time and it's limited.

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[–] LeHappStick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If in the future they make it completely impossible to use ad blockers I'll just stop actively using YouTube. I hope a good enough alternative comes around.

I've heard it is quite difficult to make one.

[–] code_is_speech@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

You could give Odysee a try. I was pleasently surprised at how well it works, and how nice the UI/UX is. Especially considering it is a decentralized platform.

It's missing a lot of the content that youtube has. Especially if you trying to look up a specific video or niche topic. But there's still a lot of great content available if you are happy to browse.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still waiting for ISPs to change their model ever since “net neutrality” was abolished. With all of this shit with YouTube, Twitter, and Reddit coming down the pipe it really does feel there has been a global change in how corporations are squeezing their customers. I am guessing ISPs are waiting for the bulk of services to change their model before they sweep in with their greed. It’s coming.

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[–] dylcarinc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’m honestly amazed they let us use adblockers for that long.

[–] Kevnyon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

YouTube these days is insufferable, its why I don't bother with it too much anymore. Two pre-roll ads, then two ads after about two minutes, then two more before the end and then two more at the end. And the problem is that you can't skip through a video without getting ads. So lets say you watch 30 second and then skip, well bam, two new ads even though you only watched 30 seconds. Its so goddamn annoying and they need to lessen the amount.

[–] Sidyctism@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I wouldnt use youtube without newpipe/ adblock either. When i am at somebody elses place, i am just baffled by the amount of trash google tries to ram down your eyes. And the more ads they serve, the more people will be done with it and either get premium or look for options to get rid of it.

Even though it seems like more and more website now lock out adblock-users, i am confident that eventually there will be a "next-gen" of adblocks, that in turn circuvent these lock outs

[–] himazawa@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago

Soon, people will join the strange and buggy world of YouTube alternative frontends

[–] y5d@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Must say I'm glad they're doing this. Helps me stay off the platform and be more productive after the 3 videos, and requires me to plan which 3 videos I want to watch. If all addictive platforms had these self-moderating features, I'd definitely use them.

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Does this affect viewing youtube videos through external players, like mpv?

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