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Youtube has fully blocked Invidious (github.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: For those who are too lazy to click the link, this is what it says

Hello,

Sad news for everyone. YouTube/Google has patched the latest workaround that we had in order to restore the video playback functionality.

Right now we have no other solutions/fixes. You may be able to get Invidious working on residential IP addresses (like at home) but on datacenter IP addresses Invidious won't work anymore.

If you are interested to install Invidious at home, we remind you that we have a guide for that here: https://docs.invidious.io/installation/..

This is not the death of this project. We will still try to find new solutions, but this might take time, months probably.

I have updated the public instance list in order to reflect on the working public instances: https://instances.invidious.io. Please don't abuse them since the number is really low.

Feel free to discuss this politely on Matrix or IRC.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (3 children)

We don't have to watch YouTube... :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sadly, this is not simple like this. Of course, there is "haha I will touch grass now", but there are pieces of content that are needed yet there's no analog elsewhere. Disassembly guides for random pieces of tech. Lectures. Task breakdowns from competitions. A lot of things the original uploaders put there and just forgot.

Youtube has far too much held hostage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think it's just a matter of sacrificing that for the good of all, otherwise you will never leave YouTube and the monopoly keeps exploiting you.

But a better service needs to arrive first by someone, and that seems unlikely, given the cost to store video.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I mean, I can only do my part by downloading everything I like or may need - in fear of it potentially being taken away. But not sure where I'd reupload it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

watching less youtube was one of my resolutions this year, it’s not going very well. remind me to skip the trash and watch more movies / read more books instead

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

i had that same resolution last year, and in the end youtube drove me away from YouTube, I watch about 1 video every two months but even that is usually just for nostalgic reasons. I have no desire to watch YouTube anymore, even though I used to watch at least 5 hours a day. All that because of their anti consumer actions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

But where will I get my 4 hour lives streams devoid of any meaningful content??

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

hoopla, Kanopy, Udemy.

all available through my library

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

YouTube doesn't have a monopoly on live streams