[Bug] "This helps protect our community." · Issue #4734 · iv-org/invidious
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Update 21/09/2024: #4734 (comment) EDIT by @unixfox: The Invidious team is aware of this issue. It appears that it affects all the software using YouTube. Please refrain from commenting if you have...

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/22423685

EDIT: For those who are too lazy to click the link, this is what it says

Hello,

Sad news for everyone. YouTube/Google has patched the latest workaround that we had in order to restore the video playback functionality.

Right now we have no other solutions/fixes. You may be able to get Invidious working on residential IP addresses (like at home) but on datacenter IP addresses Invidious won’t work anymore.

If you are interested to install Invidious at home, we remind you that we have a guide for that here: https://docs.invidious.io/installation/..

This is not the death of this project. We will still try to find new solutions, but this might take time, months probably.

I have updated the public instance list in order to reflect on the working public instances: https://instances.invidious.io. Please don’t abuse them since the number is really low.

Feel free to discuss this politely on Matrix or IRC.

  • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
    22·
    3 months ago

    “Massive increase” I think needs a source.

    And they rely on the network effect to be the de facto standard video hoster. Every little bit of that network that they carve off while they’re enshittifying brings them closer to the critical point where people can afford to ditch them.

    The logic that they can “afford” to lose marketshare is exactly what will make them keep losing it until people migrate en masse and they lose all of their marketshare.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      “Massive increase” I think needs a source.

      Don’t have one. Pure speculation. Much like yours, I assume? Unless you have a source to the contrary?

      How often do you see professional videos on the trending page on YT?

      • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
        11·
        3 months ago

        Source for what? The network effect? I gave you a link, you can read.

        And youtube is enshittifying.

        These are both well-established effects. My sourcing is finished now. It beats your “pure speculation” unless you have something else you want to add.