4mo ago

10-20 years ago shit like this would have destroyed the platform. People who put up with it ruin the entire space.

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You're right, those videos look like total garbage
- Was speaking the login requirement but the ads for other videos is insult to injury
  
  Even if you're logged out, YouTube still recommends videos based on your viewing habits.
Stop!!! You cant watch content unless you hand over your identification papers sir.
While you are here may i interest you in our other entrances which are further away from where you actually wanted to go and will also stop you from entering without providing identification.
Grayjay has been working pretty well for me.
- For me it does not bypass age verification, even if I enable the toggle on the settings.
- If you're not going for an open source option just use ReVanced.
The most annoying thing for me is that I am logged in and embedded videos are still broken.
- Third party cookies. You don't want them.
Wonder if federated youtube would work where people host their own content or join up to get a server as a group. That way the home videos nobody watches would not take up the space while big shots need to get better servers to support the view counts.
- This is what I advocate for. The caveat, but also the reason it will work (accordig to me) is that it's not monetised.
  There would thus also not be very many dopamine videos (or ragebait etc), those are made to make money.
  Also, if it isn't for making money, then the scope is no longer a big problem (you don't need the "line to go up" and get "more followers") and distribution becomes much simpler.
  I'll gladly share a bunch of videos to see how it could function, I have a 0.7Gb up but can easily switch to a 10Gb up.
  Thoughts?
Can’t you grab a login from bugmenot ?
- That hasn't worked for me in like a decade.
I'm hosting Invidious locally via Docker and don't have to deal with this shit.
How's that stop bots?
- It doesn’t. This is about ad revenue and tracking cookies. Got a VPN? You’re a bot! Got an ad blocker? You’re a bot!
- Bots aren't a problem when your not trying force content down people's throats.

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