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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
  • YouTube is intensifying efforts to combat adblockers, including blocking video playback and warning users of potential account suspension.
  • Increased ads on YouTube have driven many users to adblockers, hurting both YouTube’s ad revenue and content creators reliant on ad-based income.
  • Despite these measures, many users are leaving YouTube or finding workarounds, leading creators to seek alternative revenue streams off-platform.
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[-] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago

I've been downloading my subscriptions and loading them into Plex. Plenty of room for improvement in that system, but I get a nostalgic hit of YouTube long ago. Man, it's fallen so far over the years.

Also related, I've hit 2.4TB of internet use for the first time last month doubling my previous record.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

Literally doubling down lmao

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

There are several out there using yt-dlp. Tube archivist, tube sync, etc. They are fairly straightforward to set up in docker if you use that.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Not OP but I use the arr family of services (Sonarr and Radar, though there are more) and NZBGet as my downloader.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Lol NZBGet is not typically used for getting free content.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

It’s one of the preconfigured downloaders for sonarr and radarr which is really a fancy front page for adding media from usenet? So, I would disagree.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well... if your idea of "free" content is something you don't pay for then yes, but if your idea of free content is something that was intended to be distributed for "free" then no.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Is it free if it supported by ads?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

People don't use NZBGet for that reason. It is literally a platform & distribution model primarily intended for pirating content in a way that is much quicker and more reliable than torrents. Usenet would probably have died without NZBs.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that’s a lot. As a comparison: My connected family of 5 hits 1.3TB-1.5TB on a monthly basis. Streaming apps in 4K/Dolby Vision and Atmos, YT, gaming, FaceTiming constantly on 500/500 fiber.

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