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YouTube is severely rate limiting Invidious instances (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by anticurrent@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Today most Invidious instances are experiencing very harsh ip address rate limiting, it is becoming very very hard to watch yt videos through

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 23 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Compare the production values of channels like e.g. philosophy tube and old AVGNs. Times have changed.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Philosophy Tube is available on Nebula. I think that place is a viable alternative to YT if you’re mainly watching educational stuff.

[–] Alk@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

It is but there's just not enough content to get me to fully stop YouTube yet. YouTube still has so much long form content only on YouTube.

That being said, nebula is amazing and you all should check it out and support the creators using it.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My gradual migration from YT has resulted in a very fragmented landscape. Many cool vids on Nebula, some on Odysee, but still way too many in YT. Let’s just hope the enshittification of YT speeds up and people respond accordingly by switching to another platform.

[–] Alk@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At least regarding the enshittification, I've started using FreeTube to access all my YouTube content and it has completely negated all enshittification so far. It's such a great way to watch my subscriptions.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

That solves some of the problems, so I’ll count that as a step toward. However, the people who make the videos can suddenly be ignored by the algorithm or their channel can suddenly be deleted without a warning.

As a member of the audience, I’m frequently annoyed by the quality of the search results. They clearly serve YT more than they serve me.

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