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Re: FixYT

#61

Post by janson0 »

jfoster wrote: post #47
tehwebguy wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Redisplaying YouTube content on other websites is explicitly allowed. Ads run in the embedded player, which they made easily available and usable on purpose. What is NOT allowed, as far as I know, is using their API and player to make a website that does nothing but show YouTube content.

They do make it tricky to monetize, though. IIRC, you're not allowed to accept payments or show your own ads alongside the videos.

It is actually not against their TOS to accept payments or run additional ads alongside their content.

Re: FixYT

#62

Post by ajarmoniuk »

geofft wrote: post #55
1qaz2wsx3edc wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is unreasonable. YT isn't going to disappear. Did myspace? No. The fact that YT provides an API is plenty to reface it. You should view this website as another from of protest. Which of there have been plenty of protests in recent. It's not wrong, just a different one.

... wait, MySpace is still around?

Not really. The brand is, but it's a completely different service now.

Re: FixYT

#63

Post by ye »

It's completely useless to me. All the important content discovery features are gone. The search is horrible, all the nice filtering options YT has aren't there.

Re: FixYT

#64

Post by hncommenter13 »

janson0 wrote: post #61
jfoster wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They do make it tricky to monetize, though. IIRC, you're not allowed to accept payments or show your own ads alongside the videos.

It is actually not against their TOS to accept payments or run additional ads alongside their content.

It might be, depending on what else is on the page. Clause 4(d) of the Terms of Service[1] reads:

"You agree not to use the Service for any of the following commercial uses unless you obtain YouTube's prior written approval:

- the sale of access to the Service;

- the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on or within the Service or Content; or

- the sale of advertising, sponsorships, or promotions on any page of an ad-enabled blog or website containing Content delivered via the Service, unless other material not obtained from YouTube appears on the same page and is of sufficient value to be the basis for such sales."

[1] http://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms

Re: FixYT

#65

Post by kunai »

The overbloatiness of YouTube and the artsy-fartsy nature of Vimeo have left a vacuum for something that would be similar to the imgur of videos. I wouldn't be so surprised if someone applied to a venture capital firm with this sort of thing.

Re: FixYT

#66

Post by ewillbefull »

wuliwong wrote: post #38
tehwebguy wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Redisplaying YouTube content on other websites is explicitly allowed. Ads run in the embedded player, which they made easily available and usable on purpose. What is NOT allowed, as far as I know, is using their API and player to make a website that does nothing but show YouTube content.

Last time I checked if all your are doing is repackaging their content but not adding any other content of substance to the page, it is against the TOS. This was a couple years ago but that was my understanding.

Yup, they can block your domain from embedding if they want.

Re: FixYT

#69

Post by markisonfire »

RossM wrote: post #18
nairteashop wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YouTube only shows ads in the video right? Looks like those are still being shown.

Nope - they run homepage banners, sidebar ads and occasionally full-page adverts (that hijack the background). It's surreal browsing without Adblock occasionally.

Wow. I wonder how much I miss while using Adblock. That sounds miserable.

Re: FixYT

#70

Post by ChrisNorstrom »

Thank you whoever you are. May the randomness of the Universe be in your favor.

- It's blazing fast, much faster than the original.

- Doesn't have that stupid loading bar at the top.

- No more glitched video page loads.

- Isn't going to be redesigned every 5 months like YT.

- The video player is center aligned and not left aligned.

- Drops all the unnecessary UI elements and doesn't bother me to start using my real name with G+.

I've become so pissed off at Google for the way it's been handling YT redesigns (and Analytics redesigns too). It's like they get the most amateur designers out of high school, and go on an a/b test spree by changing absolutely everything they can. YT's gone through 3+ redesigns now. Each one getting progressively more annoying than the last. And they just keep tinkering with things that aren't broken. Remember the slideshow playlist at the bottom of the screen a year back? And who in their right mind would left align the div holding a video player?!

It's annoying when a company treats one of its flagship products like a never ending science project experiment.

Good job on FixYT, my only suggestion: give me the option to turn the color scheme black.

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