My #Piped instance is currently down, and so does every other Piped instance I know of: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/issues/2809.
We started getting 403 on `/videoplayback` on the ytproxy starting ~12h ago.
This is most likely #YouTube trying to show that they're serious on cracking down on folks who watch videos without watching ads.
I wish that more content creators were on platforms like #Nebula. I wish there were more of them on #PeerTube too, but I understand the point that many of them make - PeerTube can't be monetized, and not everybody feels like always doing charity.
I'm happy to pay even $10 per month for a platform owned by the content creators themselves (or even a pay-as-you-go model), rather than contributing to Google's spyware and getting interrupted by ads every 10 minutes.
So if this is the nail in the coffin of my experience as a YouTube consumer, let it be it. Cracking whatever new algorithm the folks at Google have decided to implement in order to ensure that only those who are logged in and watch ads can watch videos is fun for a bit, but it becomes boring after a while. At some point I'd just like to move on with my life and watch videos on my tv without having to debug youtube-dl or Piped on a monthly basis.
If any of you know of alternative video platforms like Nebula, with high-quality content and owned by content creators themselves, let me know in the comments. I'm happy to support whoever starts to build a serious alternative to the YouTube cage.
Fabio Manganiello /
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2023-08-15 14:06:47
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2023-08-15 14:06:47Event JSON
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