With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they’re doing, and Google already hellbent on destroying ad blockers, the days of Newpipe, Invidious, and Freetube are numbered. Wouldn’t be surprised if they implement Netflix level DRM tomorrow that makes alt clients impossible. I say savour your alt clients while you can guys, you won’t be able to soon.

  • miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Readily available content for everybody is the whole reason YouTube got so big.

    So either the world would riot because YT is so popular, or the world would accept its fate, because YT is so popular.

    Which one is it going to be? You decide

    But then again, the overwhelming majority of people don’t even know that there’s other ways to watch YT

    • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      02·
      1 year ago

      The vast majority of their userbase already puts up with it, so I doubt they will see any significant backlash. Even if all the FLOSS creators leave, they’re still a tiny minority because it’s “”“influencer”“” channels like the Pauls and content farms like Bright Side that are the real cash cows on the platform.

      Also, a huge part of their userbase is children. Probably more than any other mainstream social media platform. They won’t even understand the concept of DRM or corporate bullshittery and will only use the YouTube app or browser anyway. Kids are also less likely to be bothered by ads, might not even understand what the purpose of an ad is, in fact they will just see them as more content which is why advertising to kids is so unreasonably effective.

      • miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        Oh yeah, right after sending it I realized that my hopes with this comment are exclusive to our little FOSS bubble

        I guess I’m going to start looking for content I like on Peertube. Barely anyone I watch is on alternative platforms, with the exception of HardwareUnboxed on Odysee, so we’ll see what I can find.