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.

  • Meldrik
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    596 hours ago

    Start asking your favourite content creators to post on PeerTube.

    • @[email protected]
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      576 hours ago

      And how are they going to make a living to keep producing videos?

      I’d say ask them to join Nebula.

      • warm
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        312 minutes ago

        Remember when people posted on YouTube for fun? It’s only when it became a viable business that the platform turned to shit.

      • @Fosheze
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        82 hours ago

        All the people I watch on youtube make the majority of their money on patreon or twitch. Youtube is way too heavy handed with demonitization and copyright strikes to be a trutsworthy income source.

      • @BatrickPateman
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        52 hours ago

        Patreon and all the other services creators have at their disposal already.

        Don’t think most Youtubers can make a living these days solely on YT as revenue, and are already exploring other avenues.

      • Meldrik
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        146 hours ago

        That depends. If they only make a living with YT ads, then it’s going to be hard.

        • ddh
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          125 hours ago

          About half the ads I see on YouTube are already within the videos they post. I wonder what the overall ratio is of YouTube ad revenue versus in-video ad revenue.

          • Meldrik
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            84 hours ago

            Are you talking about sponsors? Because yes, that has nothing to do with YT ads.

        • @[email protected]
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          66 hours ago

          I guess I forgot things like Patreon which could be a valid option. Although I’m neither a fan of subscribing to specific creators nor am I particularly fond of Patreon.

          With Nebula my perception is that I pay a monthly fee and they can figure out who gets what depending on whose videos I watched. I don’t need to be particular in my action on who to support.

          • Meldrik
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            84 hours ago

            Nebula is a good option, but now you’ve created a paywall. Now only people who can afford it, can watch the content and what is to keep Nebula from upping the price of the subscription?

            If ads is out of the question, then content creators need to use sponsors and patrons, if they want to make a living.

            • @[email protected]
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              An advantage of funding things via a collective like Nebula as opposed to each individual creator managing their own patrons is that new creators can start making bigger, more expensive projects quicker. Even established creators have this advantage, they can take bigger risks on bigger projects with the safety net of a share of the nebula pie.

              I don’t think a project like The Prince would exist without Nebula, for example.

          • @[email protected]
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            13 hours ago

            You could also send money via paypal or kofi if you don’t like subscriptions, if the creator has it set up.

          • Lord Wiggle
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            35 hours ago

            They also can use sponsors in the video, but that only works when you have enough views.

    • SagXD
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      46 hours ago

      Civvie 11 is a old head. How do I convince him?

      • Meldrik
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        336 hours ago

        What is the alternative name for someone who creates content for a platform?

        • ElectricMachman
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          45 hours ago

          Well, we start by referring ta work not as “content”, but as what it actually is. Then work from there. For instance, one could ostensibly call Ahoy a filmmaker or a documentary maker.

          • @[email protected]
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            114 hours ago

            Bruh that dude is a CONTENT CREATOR, not a filmmaker 😂🤣🤣

            His internet videos are colourful animations meant to serve ads while capturing attention and summarizing Wikipedia articles giving some thoughts on them, and I love them, but it’s called content for a reason.

          • @[email protected]
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            105 hours ago

            … Which is a type of content.

            There’s a lot of content that doesn’t fit neatly into a category though, because it was made by someone turning on a camera and making a video without worrying about any commercial concerns. So calling someone like that a creator is a catch all term for anyone making content for a platform.

        • ElectricMachman
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          35 hours ago

          To answer the “why”, it’s because the word “content” is kinda meaningless. Instead of making films, documentaries, talk shows, reference guides, cartoons… it’s all just this generic “content” slop that’s just there to feed the machine

            • @[email protected]
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              14 hours ago

              It’s not that strange, I have a friend who literally said the same thing today in reference to one of his favourite channels shutting down. He preferred to call the stuff on this channel art, rather than content. I agree with the person above too, the term has always bugged me. It makes it sound so mass produced, like your job is to just produce meaningless “content” for people to mindlessly consume. And to be honest, that’s exactly what the mainstream YouTube culture is about.

              • @[email protected]
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                43 hours ago

                I mean, you don’t call it whatever you like, but content is the technical definition of it.

          • JackbyDev
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            63 hours ago

            Not all content is entertaining. Someone who makes tutorials I wouldn’t call an entertainer. That’s why “content creator” is used as a catch all term to cover all of it.

          • @[email protected]
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            96 hours ago

            Showman/woman refers to a pretty specific type of performer, I.E someone who is on stage typically.

            Entertainer isn’t a label I’d necessarily apply to educational content, for example.

            • ElectricMachman
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              -55 hours ago

              Then call them educators, or presenters… teachers, maybe, depending on the nature of their work

              • @[email protected]
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                104 hours ago

                Yes it’s much better to use

                “comedians/teachers/musicians/educators/entertianers/phonereviewers/sportscommenters/singers/journalists/programmers/documenters/analysts/lawyers/lockpickers/politicians/presenters/trolls”

                … than…

                “content creators”.

              • @[email protected]
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                Or just call them Content creators, recognize they don’t really produce value for anyone but YT’s grab on the attention economy and start living in the real world.

              • @[email protected]
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                65 hours ago

                What do you have against creators as a label? I don’t really see these difference myself.