Google is waging war on ad blockers — throttling YouTube to force users back in line
www.windowscentral.com
The world’s biggest video platform is sabotaging your stream — unless you play by their ad-fueled rules.
    • webghost0101English
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      9 months ago

      This is also a good beginner way to learn about self hosting in docker.

      Freetube can make a great backup for when google inevitably breaks something.

      And for thise videos you really cant miss there is always yt-dlp scripted to download a channels latests video on a schedule straight to jellyfin of course.

      I have not visited the youtube website in more then a year.

    • Carrot@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      9 months ago

      It’s not perfect, but I use grayjay. They have an android app and a desktop client, and are usually pretty quick to make updates that will sidestep Google’s anti-adblocking measures (within 1-2 days.) Again, not perfect, but I don’t mind a slightly worse experience to avoid having to see an ad. Plus it has sponsor block support built right in

      • stebo02English
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        8 months ago

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        • RedEye FlightControl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Ok, so there are hosted instances? At face value this looks like you need to self host. Which I am more than capable of both in terms of equipment and experience. I just don’t want to go that far to watch youtube. Thanks for explaining.