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Youtube adblock blocking (self.piracy)

submitted 1 year ago by HumanPerson to c/[email protected]

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I know the topic of whether adblock is piracy is debated, but I am guessing there are a lot of adblock users here and I was wondering if anyone has seen the youtube adblock warning message in the wild. I use ublock origin and still haven't seen it once.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Adblock is piracy!

Just use Pided (https://piped.video), Invidious, Freetube or something else.

Youtube website is just trash bloated with JavaScript and trackers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Most of YouTube viewing I do is on Roku. Are there any Roku/ATV/Tizen/webOS apps that I can use to watch videos on Piped instead?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it now? then I'll do it harder.

Sadly youtube has all the sweet content, all these alternatives are lacking on that main thing, content.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, Invidious is just pure YouTube content.

Edit: for more context these are all alternative front-ends. Not replacement services.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Invidious got a Cease and Desist Letter from youtube.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The instance or the project? How could a interface violate a license?

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

They were served a C&D for misuse of the YouTube API.

But they don’t use the YouTube API…