Laughs in Ad Blocker. Still going strong.

Oh please no, it's the reason why I switched from Chrome to Firefox when watching YouTube

daily motion has way better video quality and a lot less censorship.

Occasionally I try the YouTube watch together thing on discord with my SO, and it really shows just how completely unusable YouTube is without an ad blocker.

I never felt bad abt that for a second. Like the thought never crossed my kind XD FUCK YOUTUBE!

It’s all about doing it in moderation and choosing carefully what we waste our time on. I would rather “waste” time reading a stupid book than go on Instagram or TikTok, where my mind gets trapped in a circle of emotions and algorithms.

I was using uYouPlus+ sideloaded on my phone until it broke recently, now I’ve found using Brave browser for just YouTube is the solution

I forgot about that site. I knew it just as the host for TV series streams back in the day

Ive been using adblockers, piped and other tools for so long that i dont even remember what the last time was when i saw a youtube ad.

Upload it to multiple platforms. If one dies you have already a plan B.

You should add Brave on iOS to the list. Never seen any ad with Brave.

I am causing a netloss to googs. I don’t pay for Google plus or whatever, and j don’t view their fucking ads. Win win if you ask me.

GrayJay, Vanced, or Pipewire NewPipe is the way

The only ads I see are on a local sports podcast. The advertisers are all local businesses. From restaurants to local credit unions. And those I'm fine with.

People get proccupied with emulating YT, which is indeed cost prohibitive. But that response assumes one is emulating all of it. What about only pursuing sections of it to cater to particular audiences? Serving 100% of YT's video might be too much even for Amazon (for example) but what about 1%?

Why couldn't Amazon host Booktube? And the manga/anime enthusiasts and other varietes of weebs to go along with them? They already own ebook retail. A VOD service to chip off some of YT's viewership would be a more productive investment than The Rings of Power...

A YT competitor needs a bit of scale, sure, but not as much as YT itself. A fraction will do.

I meant iPhone

I highly recommend creators to upload videos to another site as well.

Sounds good, but if I search "microwave repair" or "improve vo2max" , it comes up with zero results.

That's the sort of stuff we'd lose if creators don't move away from YouTube.

@ChaoticEntropy

https://fediverse.party/en/peertube/ << before you complain understand the technology behind. Everyone can basically provide a instance and it's decentral. As more people participate / as more instances are provide as better for all and as cheaper. If you really want to step away from services like youtube and want to have it sustainable (aka not depending on business) than it's your best choice. If you just want someone else to have the saying and replace one company with another good luck.

Or Tubular