Update 21/09/2024: #4734 (comment) EDIT by @unixfox: The Invidious team is aware of this issue. It appears that it affects all the software using YouTube. Please refrain from commenting if you have...
i had that same resolution last year, and in the end youtube drove me away from YouTube, I watch about 1 video every two months but even that is usually just for nostalgic reasons. I have no desire to watch YouTube anymore, even though I used to watch at least 5 hours a day. All that because of their anti consumer actions.
Sadly, this is not simple like this. Of course, there is “haha I will touch grass now”, but there are pieces of content that are needed yet there’s no analog elsewhere. Disassembly guides for random pieces of tech. Lectures. Task breakdowns from competitions. A lot of things the original uploaders put there and just forgot.
I mean, I can only do my part by downloading everything I like or may need - in fear of it potentially being taken away. But not sure where I’d reupload it.
We don’t have to watch YouTube… :)
watching less youtube was one of my resolutions this year, it’s not going very well. remind me to skip the trash
i had that same resolution last year, and in the end youtube drove me away from YouTube, I watch about 1 video every two months but even that is usually just for nostalgic reasons. I have no desire to watch YouTube anymore, even though I used to watch at least 5 hours a day. All that because of their anti consumer actions.
But where will I get my 4 hour lives streams devoid of any meaningful content??
hoopla, Kanopy, Udemy.
all available through my library
YouTube doesn’t have a monopoly on live streams
Sadly, this is not simple like this. Of course, there is “haha I will touch grass now”, but there are pieces of content that are needed yet there’s no analog elsewhere. Disassembly guides for random pieces of tech. Lectures. Task breakdowns from competitions. A lot of things the original uploaders put there and just forgot.
Youtube has far too much held hostage.
I think it’s just a matter of sacrificing that for the good of all, otherwise you will never leave YouTube and the monopoly keeps exploiting you.
But a better service needs to arrive first by someone, and that seems unlikely, given the cost to store video.
I mean, I can only do my part by downloading everything I like or may need - in fear of it potentially being taken away. But not sure where I’d reupload it.