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Post by toastal »

dmos62 wrote: post #207
the_third_wave wrote: post #201

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Alternatively you host your videos on both your own Peertube site as well as Youtube and direct Youtube-visitors to either Peertube, Invidious [2] or - if they're using Android - NewPipe. If they are command-line savvy they can use youtube-dl or one of the mediaplayers which make use of its functionality (mpv, VLC, smplayer etc). In other words there are many ways to both have your cake and eat it here. Self-hosted P…

If only NewPipe had access to Google's recommendation engine (or its dataset). That's the only reason why I'm on youtube.com a lot.

In the past I would agree, but anymore all of the recommendations are things I watched a couple of years ago. I'm not getting turned on to new, relevant content but refed stuff I 'liked'.

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Post by xtc303sqrt »

markzzerella wrote: post #177
helsinkiandrew wrote: post #132

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I hate YouTube ads and do my best to block them where I can, but let’s not forget that YouTube is serving a billion hours of video a day, which costs. If you don’t want ads to appear on your videos, you can host the videos on your own website and pay for the data or use another video service. Neither are likely to give the streaming performance or audience you’d get with YouTube.

Google could easily figure out how to distribute the bandwidth and storage costs of that were a priority.

Bandwidth and storage is distributed in data centers around the world.

Or you mean using users’ bandwidth and storage to power the service? That might go over less well than you think.

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Post by helsinkiandrew »

justbored123 wrote: post #174
regularfry wrote: post #140

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They've also dramatically increased the proportion and intrusiveness of those ads over the last year, taking advantage of a near-monopoly position and a captive audience.

You know that you can pay the same that you pay for Netflix and have no adds right?

What I don't understand is why do I never get ads for Youtube premium? Why isn't there a "signup to Premium to remove ads" on every page.

To find out about Premium I have to go to my channel-> Purchases and memberships->Read More

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Post by regularfry »

josteink wrote: post #181
regularfry wrote: post #140

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They've also dramatically increased the proportion and intrusiveness of those ads over the last year, taking advantage of a near-monopoly position and a captive audience.

> They've also dramatically increased the proportion and intrusiveness of those ads over the last year, taking advantage of a near-monopoly position and a captive audience. Agreed. But they didn’t do this until after providing you with the option to pay for ad-free. If ads bother you that much really , just put up and pay for it. Your problem will be solved across all your machines, devices, phones, tablets and TVs i…

The existence of alternatives doesn't mean I need to like either, and they have changed the parameters of the choice in the last year. I don't have to like that, either.

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Post by throwaway316943 »

freeopinion wrote: post #185
throwaway316943 wrote: post #173

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Personally I’d miss the discoverability that YouTube provides. Actually I miss it already since they nerfed their algorithm. Maybe we should be building better directories and searches?

I'm guessing your use case is different. Solvespace doesn't need youtube for discoverability of these videos. These are not ad videos. They are tutorials. So why not host them on the same site as you host the software downloads? Discoverability is good for advertising. It seems odd that people complain about ads on a service they use for advertising.

I mostly watch tutorials. Some of which I search for but many have been suggested and allowed me to discover new hobbies and interests or even just new channels on the same topic with good presenters.

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Post by app4soft »

dilap wrote: post #41

Andrew Kelley of Zig also moved away from YouTube because of forced ads ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjz6xNO63mI ) YouTube is an amazing collection of knowledge, but it's unfortunate that it's in the hands of an entity whose primary goal and motivation is avarice. A degradation of the experience over time seems inevitable. How to organize human endeavors in a way that captures the innovation and superbly focused…

> Andrew Kelley of Zig also moved away from YouTube because of forced ads

JFTR, Eric Buijs[0] (author of mentioned SolveSpace video tutorials) moved to PeerTube[1] few years ago:

> I do hope that people, that love their privacy and want to control their content, will follow me and start uploading great content to PeerTube for this is the only way to get out of the YouTube stranglehold. To get you started I’ve made a list of some useful links. See you on PeerTube.

P.S. Follow Eric & me on Mastodon if you are interested in showcases of SolveSpace app, a free & open-source 2D/3D CAD software.[2,3]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=homehack.nl

[1] https://homehack.nl/youtube-or-peertube-what-will-it-be/

[2] https://fosstodon.org/@ericbuijs/103665384686311116

[3] https://fosstodon.org/@app4soft/103665316320159292

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Post by tehjoker »

blooalien wrote: post #218
tehjoker wrote: post #192

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Any representative body would do better than a corporate monarchy.

> "Any representative body would do better than a corporate monarchy." In theory I wanna agree with you, but in practice, "representative bodies" often represent their corporate masters far more than they do the will of the people.

It's a complex topic to really dig into, but I think you can at least say this briefly: Representative bodies at least have the potential to cooperatively work to their constituent's benefit. A monarchy can only be forced to do so out of fear.

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Post by crtasm »

dmos62 wrote: post #207
the_third_wave wrote: post #201

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Alternatively you host your videos on both your own Peertube site as well as Youtube and direct Youtube-visitors to either Peertube, Invidious [2] or - if they're using Android - NewPipe. If they are command-line savvy they can use youtube-dl or one of the mediaplayers which make use of its functionality (mpv, VLC, smplayer etc). In other words there are many ways to both have your cake and eat it here. Self-hosted P…

If only NewPipe had access to Google's recommendation engine (or its dataset). That's the only reason why I'm on youtube.com a lot.

If you tap a video in Newpipe then swipe left/right on the bottom area of the screen you get comments, description and related videos - is that what you want?

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Post by markzzerella »

xtc303sqrt wrote: post #232
markzzerella wrote: post #177

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Google could easily figure out how to distribute the bandwidth and storage costs of that were a priority.

Bandwidth and storage is distributed in data centers around the world. Or you mean using users’ bandwidth and storage to power the service? That might go over less well than you think.

The latter. In the age of patreon people clicking the 'support creator with reseed' box to temporarily donate some spare resources to creators they like is almost a given.
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