I think we need to hit these companies where it hurts and stop using them until they refuse to comply with governmental age verification
I don’t think you bypass the age checks with the alternative front-ends? I’ve been using FreeTube for some time, and whenever there has been an 18+ video, I would not be able to view it as I would not pass the age check. If this is a more general check that is being rolled out, I guess there will be less and less videos that will work through these.
I think I need to start hoarding video tutorial series and self-host them. Would something like TubeArchivist be my best bet for that?
mysticmartz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Sounds good in theory but there just isn’t anything that can hold up to the same traffic. Don’t get me wrong, I’d migrate away from YouTube in a heartbeat, but there really isn’t much that compares when it comes to the creators, and the music. All of which are “free” and easy to access with an ad blocker.
And I’m including piracy.
3abas@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Have you seen most YouTube videos? Nothing can hold up to the garbage content being pumped in by scammers and low effort “influencers” and shit like Mr beast or the Pauls or whatever is popular these days. We don’t need YouTube level capacity for good content.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
But that bad content would flow over to the new platform. Just like bots and bad actors exist here on Lemmy, and wether or not you want them to be here they are.
You can’t build for “the good content” and assume the bad won’t follow. And honestly, once you hit a certain scale it is literally impossible to weed out the bad.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I just duckduckgo some youtube downlaoder sites, paste the link, then watch using VLC. Not seamless, but whatever, I can read a wiki article while I wait.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Pinch flat exists.