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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think it's less enforceable than they think - every system someone sets up will eventually be circumvented.

It'll be a pain for a few months, or we'll see a federated alt pick up creators.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

To be honest, YouTube would be the hardest thing to replace. And if they ever stream ads from the same URLs as content I don't see a blocker being overly successful.

[–] Rotten_potato@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I disagree, something like Sponsorblock is working quite well already for ads embedded in the video and unless YouTube makes serious sacrifices in UX I don't see how they could prevent this.

[–] yaaaaayPancakes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They already do stream ads from the same urls. It's why a pihole can't block youtube ads.

But you can tell what's coming, since apps like SmartTubeNext and Revanced can skip them.

It'll probably just be a cat and mouse game, as it always has been.

[–] yaaaaayPancakes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They already do stream ads from the same urls. It's why a pihole can't block youtube ads.

But you can tell what's coming, since apps like SmartTubeNext and Revanced can skip them.

It'll probably just be a cat and mouse game, as it always has been.

[–] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

you are already seeing things such as nebula. to me it's amz

[–] Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are already open source Alternatives. But not federated.

[–] Onurb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What about peertube? Since Twitter -> Mastadon | Reddit -> Lemmy Why not Youtube -> Peertube next :D

[–] wekeys@framapiaf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Onurb @Johanno with the urge of disabling adblocker it won’t take long i think…
But when YouTube does bad things, users tends to go on Odysee despite PeerTube 😞

[–] rclkrtrzckr@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there something wrong with odysee?

[–] wekeys@framapiaf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@rclkrtrzckr yeah the fact that is waste of electric power over PeerTube.
It lacks Federation too.

[–] hydra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Shady blockchain service with almost no traffic except for some spikes in 2021.

[–] pirate@lemmy.piracy.guide 1 points 1 year ago

There are tools to mirror YouTube content to YouTube as well. I'm considering adding some to my peertube instance just in case things start going down.

[–] hydra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Replacing a megacorp service is only possible when the stars align and said megacorp makes a fuckup so big users start jumping and these users are still a tiny speck compared to the total userbase. Still I hope Reddit dies slowly.