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I've been really quite enjoying my personal invidious[0] instance. I'm sure there are some added areas of friction, but I can manage my 'subscriptions' all with
by BLKNSLVR 3y ago
I've been really quite enjoying my personal invidious[0] instance. I'm sure there are some added areas of friction, but I can manage my 'subscriptions' all within the invidious instance itself, so I get absolutely minimal exposure to the maximal trash packed into youtube's default front page.
I'm aware that usage of invidious may be short-lived, as Google will likely step on the pipe that invidious feeds off, but I'm enjoying the intervening time.
Separately, this quote from the article is interesting:
"Ads are a vital lifeline for our creators that helps them run and grow their businesses," a Google spokesperson explained
Google is saying that the advertising supports the creators. They're not saying that the advertising (also) supports Youtube's infrastructure.
[0]: https://docs.invidious.io/installation/ https://docs.invidious.io/installation/
- unnamed76ri 3y agoAnd of course ignores the fact that smaller channels don’t see any of that money.
- RajT88 3y agoBigger channels are also seeing less and less of that money.
- joshspankit 3y agoAnd ignores the fact that evergreen ad-free content had ads added on opt-out even when the creator had not logged in for years and had no way to be located let alone paid.