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What's happening to Invidious instances? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It seems that YouTube is killing them all but I don't know the technical details, via FreeTube I noticed, from this link (https://api.invidious.io/), that there are very few left and they require signup, and probably financial support from users.

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[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

https://docs.invidious.io/youtube-errors-explained

Running a remote instance without some sort of IP rotation became infeasible. I've been running it locally since google started actively trying to kill invidious. The only reason that still works is because they want to avoid collateral damage that could affect other people in the household.

[–] berylenara@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What do you use it for? You don't get the privacy benefits when running it locally though right? Since your IP gives away your identity

[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mainly to avoid using YouTube and the mess of that interface. All i need is a chronoligical feed of the channels I like. I'm not overly concerned that they can associate my IP with some viewing activity. As long as there are multiple people in the household using YouTube, it's not a given they know who's watching what. Also it's much easier to have multiple invidious profiles and use them with Firefox containers than it is to have multiple YouTube accounts and switch between them.

[–] berylenara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fair enough. I'm considering a similar setup myself, so thanks