• ebenixo@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    I guess that’s it then. If I’m forced to see ads and be tracked I’ll just block the domain on my network like I did reddit and invest that time in other things.

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      You can always grab a browser extension. Apple has Vinegar, not sure what others run. Just plucks the video feed direct pretty much like Piped. So no ads. Still stuck on YT unfortunately

      • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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        Would it be possible for many, many people to use yt downloaders to fetch certain categories of yt videos (Linux tutorials for example) and serve them in a decentralized media network like the fediverse? Basically a distributed, downloaded “migration” of yt content, with no central source or authority that the pipe apps can retrieve from instead of YouTube. Yet again, I’ve basically just reinvented bittorrent but for YouTube content, so maybe it’s not that practical…

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          No. They all have to connect via an API that ultimately Google controls and monitors. Unfortunately decentralized or not, they all tap into the same well.

          But in any case, the extensions can’t be spotted by YT, so that’s why they have the best chance of co existing (or not easily).

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          Not sure it would be legal. I guess the authors of the videos should upload them themselves.