We need a real YouTube alternative.
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Submitted 1 month ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to technology@beehaw.org
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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Chozo@fedia.io 1 month ago
Won't happen. Google ran YouTube at a net loss for a decade before turning a profit. Very few companies have the kind of money to invest like that. Video hosting is crazy expensive, especially when it's free.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Given the number of porn video websites now, I don’t think the cost of video hosting is the major issue.
The bigger issue is likely having to moderate the site. Twitch focused on live streaming as a way to reduce exposure to copyrighted content and TikTok kept videos short enough that it could skate around fair use by not being able to air longer form copyrighted content.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 month ago
It’ll never happen, until they make YT premium so prohibitively expensive that a majority of users no longer want to pay. If they’re smart, they’ll keep it at the current price until it starts losing money, because their effective monopoly is YouTube’S most valuable asset. Once they get any kind of decent competition, the whole house of cards tumbles.
belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 1 month ago
“You will buy youtube premium, damn it!!!”
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
along_the_road@beehaw.org 1 month ago
nailingjello@piefed.zip 1 month ago
NewPipe still seems to be working (thankfully)
cv_octavio@piefed.ca 1 month ago
I’ve had a week of “content unavailable” in newpipe. Does not seem to be working at all anymore.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
If you downloaded from f-droid you can add the new pipe as an additional repo and get updates sooner. I had to do this to get newpipe working again.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 month ago
I got sick of the cat and mouse with updates and youtube making changes.
I tried Grayjay from f-droid and I’m never going back. Getting all my video platforms on one amazing app with excellent queueing, background play, pop-out player, etc. It even has ad-blocking and sponsorblock built in. I’ve happily paid for this app and set it up ok my PC too. Highly recommended.
Mesa@programming.dev 1 month ago
Can’t even use it with Premium.
Yes, I have YouTube Premium. Family member has it, might as well take advantage of it.
ryujin470@fedia.io 1 month ago
[deleted]Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Then it seems like a strategic move alongside locking higher playback speeds behind premium as well.
UI and player control on payed tiers when it makes no technical difference to them as a delivery platform.
scintilla@crust.piefed.social 1 month ago
ReVanced is still working. Definitely going to get my account banned eventually but I’ve moved my important things off googles anyways.
N0x0n@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Orion still does background playback and also blocks ads ! I only tested it on an iPhone though :/
Rhoeri@piefed.world 1 month ago
But watch how this doesn’t put a dent in their viewership. I swear, YouTubers are a perfect example of cultural Stockholm syndrome.
EonNShadow@pawb.social 1 month ago
Yep. I was using it on Vivaldi for Android until I couldn’t anymore. Now I’m switching to GreyJay.
unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
With PipePipe, I’ve had an amazing experience, in very very few ocasions I had videos failing on me, and when I went to F-Droid (with Izzy-On-Droid) there there was, the update that already fixed the issue.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
It still works in Firefox if you switch to the desktop site. You can also use uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock with it to get rid of the ads.
PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Video Background Play Fixfor Firefox as welltotesmygoat@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Don’t forget shorts block. It’s like the YouTube of my youth. Lol
remon@ani.social 1 month ago
uBlock can already block shorts.