YouTube expands age verification to more users. Several users are reporting on Reddit seeing new restrictions being applied to their accounts.
the internet fucking sucks so bad now oh my GOD
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The thing about sites like these is that they are augmented by other sites like YouTube or Imgur.
If you live in the UK now, you won’t be able to open Imgur links, catbox rarely works and YouTube requires age verification.
There are of course alternatives, but they’re barely used.
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Yes they do, don’t they
I swear to god Google I will delete my account and use a front end for every single time I see a video on your platform, so help me God.
peertube
sigh
I guess reVanced will remove this shit
I don’t understand why people are so afraid to ditch YouTube
A lot of creators I watch are YouTube exclusive with their content.
If they were on Peertube, I’d delete YouTube in a heartbeat.
But I also understand that a lot of them make their living off ad revenue, so I don’t blame them for staying.
You can also check out nebula. A good chunk of them are there.
Why commit to them instead of finding alternative creators on a different platform?
There is no substitute for Hank Green.
Fine. Name alternatives for what YouTube is mostly used for and I’ll be the first to take your advise.
We are talking vlogs on huge amounts of topics, product reviews and unboxings, reaction videos, how-to tutorials, gaming videos (walkthroughs, live streams, etc.), ASMR and relaxation content, educational and explainer videos for science, history and finance… and so on.
There’s simply no true alternative.
What are you into?
The above.
My circle of family, friends and others will extend the list to music videos, health care (mental health and wellness, for example), the shorts, movie trailers, even Hallmark movies.
There is no platform other than YouTube that combines all this crazy amount of content.
There’s PeerTube with notoriously difficult onboarding for the average user and limited content, there’s Loops with extremely limited content… I really wish it were different.
Maybe one day existing platforms will rise. Looking at you, VIMEO, Kick, DailyMotion, DTube…
In the meantime, lets utilize other sources of videos like those at our local libraries, public domain hosts, archive websites, and open source federated video sharing platforms
Name one
What are you into?
Photography, Star trek, fountain pens
Photography, check out pixelfed
Star trek, check out https://www.trekbbs.com/
Fountain pens, check out https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/
Forums like the fountain pen one and and the photography one you suggested are a Reddit replacement. However, sometimes you want to watch a video though. So they’re not good YouTube replacements in my opinion.
Pixelfed is great as an Instagram replacement, but again no videos.
Not “afraid” to “ditch” a monopoly. It’s a monopoly.
If you want to transfer every video to a different service, be my guest.
I mean, it gives you tools to export your videos out.
Cool. You should probably get started. There’s a lot of videos.
I don’t have any youtube videos to export. Do you want me to export yours?
And everyone else’s. People don’t go elsewhere because the creators they like are on YouTube. Speaking as someone with Peertube and Nebula.
Well we can start looking for creators that respect privacy and freedom of their viewers, ig
You’re asking them to put their livelihood on the line for your privacy. They’re gonna choose the thing that pays their bills every time.
If you would, thank you. Here’s the list:
www.youtube.comNot seeing any videos there.
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no. just start at the frontpage and continue from there. let me know when you’re done, I got some videos on my todo list
Nothing on the front page though
