I think they are clamping down and trying to force people to watch yt in Google’s desired way. They have managed to stop most Piped instances via ip banning and also requesting users to “sign in to confirm you are not a robot”. I wish their was a proper alternative at this point. It would be great if something like Peertube took off.
What fresh fuckery is this?
Submitted 8 months ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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serpineslair@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I use SmartTube on my TV and NewPipe on my phone. Except for links from Lemmy.
If this bullshit is/becomes a thing for every YouTube video, I’m gonna have to do a lot of annoying copying and pasting or just eschew pretty much all videos on Lemmy 🤬
Agreed on Peertube btw.
expatriado@lemmy.world 8 months ago
i got NewPipe set as default, so links from Lemmy open there instead of the YT app
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I wonder could someone write an app that watches the clipboard for YouTube URLs and auto launches the desired app?
tacofox@lemm.ee 8 months ago
- 1000 for SmartTube!! I finally side-loaded uYou for my iphone and last time I used my android tablet I was able to update reVanced but thats been forever ago.
Gigasser@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Might be cool to start advocating for some YouTube creators to also post their stuff on federated video hosting/sharing places, Peertube is pretty cool. I mean shit, if any of you are thinking of being creators, and you make a video, put it both on YouTube and Peertube
9point6@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Unfortunately creators need to be paid and YouTube ad & subscription money is a big part of that for many of them.
By posting to elsewhere that won’t pay them, they would be reducing their income
linearchaos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
There are maybe a dozen non nuts on Odyssey. They’re just down out by the fascists.
Problem is:
Peertube doesn’t pay
You have to pay for the backup/storage of your videos.
PT will have massive scaling pains.
Yt spends a lot of that advertising money hosting non profitable videos for free.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes!I couldn’t agree more on all that if I tried 🫶
Kethal@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Whenever I have issues with YouTube refusing to do things it used to do, I stop using it for a while and eventually they put it back. If you’re not willing to do that, I find that the NewPipe app is better than the native YouTube app. But be warned that occasionally Google makes changes that break New Pipe and you need to wait a couple days for the devs to catch up to the change.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, I’ve used NewPipe for ages, but YouTube links from Lemmy open in my browser, so I’m gonna have to copy paste into it, which is going to be all kinds of annoying 😡
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Try turning on the desktop version of YouTube once the link is open in the browser.
Kethal@lemmy.world 8 months ago
On my phone this can be set by going to settings, default apps, opening links, wait unusually long for the most to load, scroll to NewPipe, choose the links you want it to handle.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
Yt won’t let you use your web browser anymore? Why
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Same reason Facebook won’t let you look at your messages through the website on mobile. (Unless you request the desktop site).
Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Oh look, youtube is doing the same bullshit as TikTok.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Guess Congress are going to have to ban YouTube unless Google sells it, then 🤷
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They’re already talking about breaking up Google/Alphabet
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Everyone here is like “use this” “use that” which is great but the immediate solution is
switch to desktop mode
You’re welcome
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I tried that, didn’t work. NewPipe does.
derpgon@programming.dev 8 months ago
ReVanced, Grayjay
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I loved Vanced, but never got ReVanced to work or try GrayJay, but NewPipe works like a charm now that I have it set as the default app for all YouTube links 😁
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
You have to download the YouTube APK version ReVanced specifies in the compile step You can find the Apk on APKpure.
ReVanced is a hassle though.
atlas@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
+1 for NewPipe
There’s a fork with built in sponsorblock as well
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
+1 for Greyjay
Zidane@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Greyjay has been working fine for me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
feannag@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I’ve really enjoyed greyjay. I don’t yet have creators I follow outside of YouTube, but I love the concept.
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 8 months ago
unfortunately a lot of the bigger alternatives are just filled with right wing nutters. although hopefully apps like grayjay will make it easier for less political minded people find a home on other platforms
Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
I’ve gone out of my way to make a cracked .IPA of YouTube (basic adocker + sponserblock + Downloader) for my phone to not have to deal with there stuff and it’s held out so far
Killer_Tree@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Is there a website or resource that describes this in more detail? First I’ve ever heard of a cracked .IPA
Psythik@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You must not be a beer drinker, then.
Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus Tells you how
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Piped and Invidious
primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 8 months ago
okay but what do we do about backing up the massive library of content that only exists on youtube? how do we back that shit up, so when they break those, it is’t all lost forever?
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
You Try Distinguishing Literal Pizza
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yewtu.be
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Haha oh shit, they’re killing mobile browser view???
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yup!
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I seriously doubt it. At most this is probably an A/B-test or some content-specific restrictions.
Xylight@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It could be that it’s playing in a codec that your mobile browser doesn’t support like av1 or something. Not sure though, is this happening with every video?
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Surely it would fall back to mp4? Are some videos AV1/VP9 only?
LemurEyes@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Install ReVanced
snooggums@midwest.social 8 months ago
What browser are you using?
Firefox + uBlock Origin is still working for me right now.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nightly with uBO, so that’s not it…
Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
have you tried desktop mode? It may just be looking at the useragent
olafurp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Get the YouTube Revanced app to play this*
disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m already using SmartTube on my tv and Tubular’s parent app NewPipe on my phone and now I finally have it set up so all links to YouTube addresses open in NewPipe so that I don’t get this bullshit again 😁
gwilikers@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
ReVanced
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Advertising for alternatives and/or unofficial apps
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yup! I was already using NewPipe for finding YouTube videos myself, but this is what spurred me on to find out how to also open every YouTube link i click in NewPipe 😁
notannpc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well that might just completely kill YouTube on mobile for me. The only way to watch on my phone without their ads.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
monobot@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I am slowly switching back to podcasts, it is only question of time when yt quality goes bellow usability, they are dancing around that thin line like with search.
imaginepayingforred@lemm.ee 8 months ago
This is why I jailbreaked my iPhone
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Install GreyJay
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Time to switch to Invidious.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nah, I did one better and set NewPipe to open all YouTube links
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
This is all I get for the last week or so, no matter which video I try to open. I was about to delete the app for that. How is yours still working?
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
hell yea
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I tried last night to view a video I saw someone on SpaceHey had in their main page and couldn’t do it on my phone or desktop browser. Phone wasn’t in any way doing anything outside of the standard ublock origin on Mull, which has never had issues if I ever needed an “emergency” yt lookup. Desktop browser Firefox based with libredirect wasn’t working since I’ve been having issues connecting and using Invidious and Piped instances for a while.
Ended up having to switch to Freetube on my desktop to view the video and it was worth it.
This was the video (assuming the instance is still up in the future)
Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Embedded Video worked for me in mobile browser.
Fennec with ublock und Noscript.
mrvictory1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Mobile browser worked for me, I used m.youtube.com instead of invidious
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is why I’ve always been confused about people telling me to use an ad-blocker. How tf does that help with the app?
I have NewPipe now so it’s not a problem.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“this ad blocker doesn’t help with solving my not-at-ad issue! what good is it?!”
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean the ads on the app are just as bad
imaginepayingforred@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Finally a post that isn’t about politics
Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t worry, it’ll let up after
November 4th,December 1st,January 6th,January 20th, Second Appomattox.
kazaika@lemmy.world 8 months ago
UserAgent -> google chrome desktoo
Leg@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Install desktoo
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
[deleted]Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Tried that, didn’t work for me.
Making NewPipe the default app for all YouTube links did, though 🙂
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Wait, how then? Via screen resolution?
Dr_Box@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Another attempt at blocking ad blockers
expatriado@lemmy.world 8 months ago
we need an adblockers blockers blocker
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 8 months ago
uBlock
smb@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
no, what is needed is an app that helps track who benefits from thr apps that annly you most:
the point is NOT buying because of advertising AND let them know it, so they can learn to improve themselves.
they wanted your data? let them have it the way you want them to.
same with any platform. ask the creator of your choice to also publish using patreon and you’ll become a member then, getting the content free of ads. better more directly pay who does the actual work, not all the big tech harvesting all the benefit inbetween.
so what maybe is needed here could be a free or even self-hostable platform that also allows payed subscriptions.