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The RSS feed on YouTube also vanished for a several hours late last night. When it happened I was afraid it was gone for good. The feeds showed back up, but i

The RSS feed on YouTube also vanished for a several hours late last night. When it happened I was afraid it was gone for good. The feeds showed back up, but it really feels any feature of a site like YouTube or whatever that lets me consume content without being guided by a website designed to keep me engaged for as long as possible is doomed these days.

hardwaresofton 5y ago
Would you pay for a service that showed you an RSS-style feed of people you care to follow on various platforms (youtube, twitch, patreon, etc)? At this point it seems like the promise of an algo-free multi-channel feed from creators people care about could actually be a good startup, and maybe that thing could produce an RSS feed (incentives would be aligned to do so).
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- p2t2p 5y ago
  I'd pay if it converted YouTube videos into downloadable files for me.
  - hardwaresofton 5y ago
    Hmmmmmmnnn that's super interesting. So unfortunately that flirts with a ToS violation-ish (of course youtube-dl is allowed to exist but maybe questionable to build on, public information is allowed scrapable via the linkedin decision, etc), but this implies that: - Youtube is a must-have platform for you (one of the big offenders for sure, I had them in my notes on this idea) - Being able to download the content is ideal. I've been thinking that maybe if the content creator has the option to manage their page and upload their own content that would be a nice way to handle it. Not that I want to play the video hosting game but having access to the original content would make it much easier to distribute. The question of who pays is interesting though. If you don't mind, email (see bio) me a way to contact you (something ephemeral if you'd like, twitter, whatever is most comfortable) and I'll see if I can whip something together for you to beta test.

hardwaresofton 5y ago

Would you pay for a service that showed you an RSS-style feed of people you care to follow on various platforms (youtube, twitch, patreon, etc)? At this point it seems like the promise of an algo-free multi-channel feed from creators people care about could actually be a good startup, and maybe that thing could produce an RSS feed (incentives would be aligned to do so).

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p2t2p 5y ago
I'd pay if it converted YouTube videos into downloadable files for me.
- hardwaresofton 5y ago
  Hmmmmmmnnn that's super interesting. So unfortunately that flirts with a ToS violation-ish (of course youtube-dl is allowed to exist but maybe questionable to build on, public information is allowed scrapable via the linkedin decision, etc), but this implies that: - Youtube is a must-have platform for you (one of the big offenders for sure, I had them in my notes on this idea) - Being able to download the content is ideal. I've been thinking that maybe if the content creator has the option to manage their page and upload their own content that would be a nice way to handle it. Not that I want to play the video hosting game but having access to the original content would make it much easier to distribute. The question of who pays is interesting though. If you don't mind, email (see bio) me a way to contact you (something ephemeral if you'd like, twitter, whatever is most comfortable) and I'll see if I can whip something together for you to beta test.