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YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counteract ad blockers (alternativeto.net)

submitted 5 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jlow@beehaw.org 32 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, that'll be hard. I'm trying to use Peertube but network effect is big on YT (not sure if that's the right expression here, noone is using Peertube, everyone is on YT).

[–] lemmymarud@lemmy.marud.fr 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm sending my videos on my Peertube and Youtube. I send the link for Peertube a few days before Youtube, so people following me would have more interest on looking at it on PT earlier but the numbers can't be beaten : between 5 and 20 views on PT against 1K / 2K on Youtube.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Whats the link? I though peer tube comments where compatible with lemmy.

[–] lockhart@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

try odysee, some creators mirror their yt vids there

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 14 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I like Odysee, but there's a lot of right-wing bullshit on there that give me a major case of cringe.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

be the change you want to see in the world

[–] Onihikage@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

Odysee takes a lot of curation to even be usable. You can block whole channels easily and they won't show up for you anywhere, but once you've blocked all the RWB you're left with mostly tech, gaming, and reactions. And this is despite Odysee/LBRY having been around for years.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 5 months ago

That's not unlike youtube really

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So don't watch it? I would rather the platform all all legal content then trying to be the morality police.

I would also prefer to use third party recommendation engines (like people posting on Lemmy) then one run by any particular platform.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago

Sure, but it's literally every other thumbnail and it pisses me off as I do not tolerate intolerance.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I watch at most 1 video a week. It's not hard.

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, that’ll be hard. I’m trying to use Peertube but network effect is big on YT (not sure if that’s the right expression here, noone is using Peertube, everyone is on YT).

There was a time "noone" was on YouTube.