Talos@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkYouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockerswww.bleepingcomputer.comTalos@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareLibre Extremist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s impossible or at least very difficult, right now. Video content is very expensive. LBRY is the only feasible option.
minus-squareRoman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOr people could just host their own peertube instance with banner ads instead of preroll/mid video ads and maybe add a donation/subscription system.
minus-square🅵🅴🅳🅴🆁🅰🅻🅰🅻🅸🅴🅽🆂🅼🆄🅶🅶🅻🅴🆁@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years ago add a donation/subscription system. At this point you could just subscribe to YouTube.
minus-squareRoman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoBut YouTube is privately owned and not an open source platform that each creator has full control over
That’s impossible or at least very difficult, right now. Video content is very expensive. LBRY is the only feasible option.
Or people could just host their own peertube instance with banner ads instead of preroll/mid video ads and maybe add a donation/subscription system.
At this point you could just subscribe to YouTube.
But YouTube is privately owned and not an open source platform that each creator has full control over