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Arms race towards people running their own private YouTube instances which pre-fetch subscriptions and recommendations to skip ads. If the video hasn't been dow
by TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
Arms race towards people running their own private YouTube instances which pre-fetch subscriptions and recommendations to skip ads. If the video hasn't been downloaded already it pretends to play the ad in the background while waiting. A minor inconvenience, but hardly the end of the world.
- dylan604 3y agoBe even easier if they provided an MRSS feed! I wonder if a popular channel on YT started making their content available in an easy to parse format like MRSS if they'd notice a significant loss in YT viewers in favor of it. Of course, they'd then lose the ad share, so probably not a thing that will happen. How fast would YT issue a C&D if someone created an app that did this for you so that you just entered in the channels you follow, and then it would just check every so often for new content?
- Zetaphor 3y agoYou're describing Freetube. I use YouTube daily without an account, ads, or algorithms.
- t0bia_s 3y agohttps://freetube.io https://freetube.io Happy user here as well.
- raffraffraff 3y agoHow reliable is it? I used one of these apps from the F-Droid store (can't remember if it was this or NewPipe) but reliability was poor.
- t0bia_s 3y agoIt's desktop aplication. How unrealible NewPipe was for you?
- raffraffraff 3y agoUnreliable enough to say "screw this" and use the regular app and set up pi-hole
- t0bia_s 3y agoPi-hole is not able to block ads on YouTube entirely. They are not DNS based.
- lodovic 3y agoThat link didn't work for me but the github repo is here: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp https://github.com/FreeTubeApp
- t0bia_s 3y agohttps://freetubeapp.io/ https://freetubeapp.io/
- cwsx 3y agoShout-out Nebula, an alternative YT/creator platform which has no ads or sponsor segments. It's a monthly subscription but fairly cheap, and it gives you access to all videos on the platform (unlike patreon which is for a single creator). The monthly subscription cost is then split between all creators on the platform. It's not a 1-1 alternative to YT as creators have to opt in, so most (imo low effort) videos/creators won't be on there. It's fantastic for any tech/engineering/history/news though, high quality/effort vids with no bullshit. Note: I have no vested interest in Nebula, I'm just a user that's happy to support good creators and a platform that's actively opposed to advertising. If this counts as an ad/spam - let me know and I'll delete this comment.
- brendoelfrendo 3y agoMy god, we've re-invented the VCR.
- phantomathkg 3y agoIt will be a VCR of VCR
- dreamcompiler 3y agoYes it's TiVo for Youtube. And this...THIS...is the real use case for desktop AI: Detecting ads and automatically skipping them. Funny how the AI barons never mention how AI can empower normies against them.
- bernardlunn 3y ago!
- salawat 3y agoSame happened to me at a software conference. Ask a bunch of presenters about "When was the last time you put the User before yourself? Crickets man. Crickets.
- overtomanu 3y agosimilar comment made on another post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38306613 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38306613
- bitwize 3y agoAnd then Google will sue the owners of any such instances for DMCA violation. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots.
- kmeisthax 3y agoAnd then Kevin McLeod triggers the no-DRM provision of CC-BY and rugpulls every creator on the platform.
- depereo 3y agoSounds like a podcast app, but for video. A mix of yt-dl and some checks for specific channel updates. Horrifying amounts of local storage required though.
- desro 3y agoStorage is also horrifyingly cheap these days. Was just looking at recertified enterprise HDDs – can get a 20TB drive for $200. Wish I had some more spare change lying around!