Today most Invidious instances are experiencing very harsh ip address rate limiting, it is becoming very very hard to watch yt videos through

    • lemmyreader@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Greedy, yes. But also lots of people believe since long ago that some things on the Internet should be “at no monetary cost” (gratis) It should become common for people to donate money for some things even if it is very little.

      • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        As long as trash like mrbeast is watched by so many people, I have no hope that the broad public will use anything like what we want in the near future.

        • Zerthax@reddthat.comEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          Monetization shifted the focus from niche hobbyist content to gimmicky shit that is tailored to get a bunch of views. When I see a thumbnail of someone with a weird facial expression, it’s my cue to look elsewhere.