• KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It’s not easily block able as it scrapes the YouTube website. They’d have to stop having a website for that to happen.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly curious if they’d ever consider that, considering how popular watching youtube on the phone is, so I could see them trying to get even desktop users to use an app to prevent 3rd party launchers

      If they did though, it would probably cause at least a decent number of people to try to find alternatives

      At the end of the day, the main way the fediverse gets new users is the big tech companies screwing up

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          1 year ago

          The only problem with YouTube alternatives like peertube is video is it’s a LOT harder to store/stream than just text with occasional images (especially if it’s higher res like is common these days)

          I would love for it to catch on, but honestly don’t see how it could for any real percentage of people

          That beeing said, if YouTube ever messes up to that extent, I’ll be one of the first out the door