I'm using Grayjay on android, I wonder how the feature set compares to Revanced? I like that Grayjay has sponsorblock built in.

Sure, it takes a bit of effort. But if you replace your routers with ones that have open-source firmware or actual workstations acting as gateway routers and running business-class open-source software, you can create a personal VPN between everyone involved that shows only one exit point to world+dog.

The trick is with ensuring that all YouTube stuff gets properly and comprehensively funnelled through this exit node - VPNs can easily leak data if not configured properly, and sometimes do so despite good configs - and implementing this even on other devices that require individual VPN connectivity (roaming, like phones).

Plus, having a mobile device’s VPN auto-recognize when it’s connected to a known good network, and have it automatically disable itself in favour of the VPN on that network, is not something that’s easy to do.

Finally, doing so without a high-quality, high-speed ISP plan can easily lead to an unusably slow VPN. The “mothership” exit node, in particular, would have to be gigabit or better - and symmetrical as well, so fibre and not cable - because it has both the node and connections to other homes and devices. If everyone started suckling the YouTube teat at the same time, things would likely slow down pretty fast on anything significantly less than a symmetrical gigabit connection.

On desktop, check out VacuumTube which is app that acts as a wrapper for YouTube Leanback (tv/console version) and has ad blocking built in.

They don't care about whether they live with you or not. It's about providing less service than what you're paying for. Like how mobile carriers say, "unlimited data*" -- *after 25GB, we [may] slow your connection speed to 256kbps. So this way, it's "5 accounts*" -- *they must physically live with you. So now you're paying for 5 accounts, where 3 or 4 of them technically are unusable.

Why? Money. Those other people who you would have shared with now need to get their own account(s). Suddenly, "profits are through the roof!" -- until the next big squeeze. At this point, Google is squeezing its customers like a dry tube of toothpaste.

it downloads them directly from YouTube

Thus, pirating them. More or less by the same method that is used to download every single WEB-DL movie/episode you see on torrent sites.

It’s not pirating if you’re obtaining a video that they’re making available to you for free lmao.

Otherwise it would be “pirating” to just load up YouTube.com in your browser and watching any old video.

Seems there is a market for spoofing specific IP addresses out there. What if they don't know you are not at home? I ha e no clue how any of this works...

I have been using (re)vanced for many years, it's free and takes a lot less effort.

Go on vacation? Believe it or not, banned.

The vast majority of videos don’t do well so… that means this solution won’t work for most people

Living in a dormitory? Belive it or not, also banned.

If a video doesn't do well, it doesn't need cached because it's not being watched.

They pay to store their flops.

I was reacting to this:

Realistically, a quick death is probably a fortunate way to save resources if a video can’t gain traction from being useful or entertaining.

I'm even more confused now.

You mentioned with the number of dead torrents that videos would die quickly.

I mentioned that unpopular videos probably should die quickly.

You mentioned that the solution won't work I suspect your definition of not working is probably different than my definition of not working. But I'm not exactly sure at this point.

I thought you wanted videos to only be hosted through peers, without any server storing them, just like torrents

I said that would mean most videos would die

Okay, yeah, that scans.

By suggest the peeeing app, I'm also suggesting a change to the architecture then I've talked about previously, probably have not made clear here.

The peering app works more like a torrent client. It's not just caching things that you've seen, but you can also place your content there.

We would separate the content from the indexing. A peer tube provider could offer both roles. People could store their own data locally or pay the provider a small amount to use their storage. Maybe even IPFS style that would just pin it for you for a fee. It would make the model sustainable.

Everyone is responsible for their own seed content that way. Nobody is required to pay millions of dollars to store a bunch of bullshit for nothing that they don't care about, which would end up making what monetization that can happen more effective.

Advertisers are just pouring billions of dollars into YouTube. They could have direct payments to smaller providers much easier without all that waste. We just need a sustainable storage method in a way for people to get paid.

You just install tailscale on a home computer, tell it it's an exit node. Install tailscale on your phone and your laptop and whatever other computers you have.

Boom, VPN home and use your home IP.

So you're using SponsorBlock as well, or you're watching videos without sponsors.

It will still be relatively niche, people don't want to seed for hours and also don't want to pay

The three people who replied before you said they don't get the sponsor plugs.

When I had YTP (I had a trial, it was like 3 months for $1), I got the sponsored segments. So either those other people are lying, or they don't understand what I'm saying.