Warning: It's Linus Sebastian
this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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Drama llama response. 🙄
... on YouTube.
This is piped.
Which streams YouTube content. He posted it to YouTube, piped just removes ads from YouTube videos.
it also proxies the video and blocks trackers iirc, giving you some form of anonymity from Google
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I liked it except for that "ad blocking is piracy" shit he snuck in there
Isn't it? You're not paying for a service / product.
That's the service's problem. VCRs and DVRs had ad-block ages ago, and those were commercial products sold at regular retail stores, so it's totally a non-issue.
An ad-blocker just means I'm not running optional extras. The web server says, "please display X, Y, and Z," and the ad-blocker says, "nah to Y and Z, but I'll render X." It's the same idea as safe-search filters to block websites, but it runs within "trusted" pages instead of just blocking certain domains.
It's the same with sponser blockers, but I personally don't use them and prefer to manually skip them instead unless the creator generally has good recs (e.g. I often watch them once/twice on Gamers Nexus, because they only recommend good products, but block the others).
Piracy is sharing content that you don't have the rights to share. Ad-block just blocks content you don't want to see. Those are not the same thing at all.
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If they want money from sponsors and advertising they could do it without all the trackers.
You should read a clockwork orange.
Why would I reduce quality of my life tho?
If all this engagement slop went out of business tomorrow, my life wouldn't change lol
This is shit ain't food or house. I decide how I pay for it and if I pay at all. There is jack shit anyone can do about that. These companies and slop generators need to learn their place in the economy haha
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Half the time piped links won't work for me and the other half of the time the videos buffer incredibly slow.
I had a similar time with piped not working reliably, I prefer invidious, specifically iv.ggtyler.dev has pretty much always worked for me
Anyways, It's really easy to just swap for another instance or whatever
OP link is
https://piped.video/watch?v=YnSv8ylLfPw
Just take everything after the domain and TLD
(everything after "piped.video")
And slap it on the end of another instances domain and TLD
(For example iv.ggtyler.dev)
End result:
iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=YnSv8ylLfPw
It even works with YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=YnSv8ylLfPw
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Go on then, LTT. Delete your youtube account.
They have already started their own platform, Floatplane. And other creators are on it as well.
Simple fact is though, YouTube is still king, and so leaving YouTube entirely isn't tenable at this point. But they are already working on alternatives.
They are leading in the right direction. I think that's the important.
I disagree, he is just mad because he wants to keep all the ad money for himself and thinks YouTube is stealing his profit. This is the “ad blocking is piracy” guy afterall. There's not a single moral shred in that video, it's all patronizing and capitalist greed. He just wants to keep all the subscription money without having to share it with anyone.
Apparently they're going to address YouTube replacements in the second part of the series. Also I'm fairly sure they spoke about Youtube ReVanced a couple of times before.
They should have also mentioned GrapheneOS
I just installed it yesterday and it was super easy. So far I'm liking it, and I now have two profiles: Owner (main, no Play services) and work (has Play services for work apps). I'm still moving all my crap over, so I guess we'll see over the next few weeks if I run into issues.
Enjoy your spyware-free degoogled experience! Feel free to dm me if you have any questions. I'd say I'm quite experienced with GrapheneOS, degoogling and Android in general.
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This was just part 1 with probably the lowest hanging fruits :)
Still glad they mentioned this topic at all. I wouldn't have expected it from LTT.
I installed it one week ago after getting a new Pixel 8. Loving it so far.
I'm nearly there, except I can't get away from Google Maps. There's not really any alternative here that provides public transport information.
Yeah google maps is still the GOAT as much as I wish it wasn't.
I imagine they're really itching to torpedo it somehow. Surprisingly long time for them not to do so.
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If you're on desktop, check out freetube instead of the buggy mess that is piped links.
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Having issues playing this in mobile browser. Can't copy like to play in NewPipe mobile.
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Replace syncing to Google contacts and Google calendar with webDAV and calDAV to next cloud.
I run next cloud in my garage. DAVx is free from F-Droid app store. Setup is easy. And you don't need Google accounts to store contacts and calenda in your home cloud
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