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.

    • 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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          24 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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            33 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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        53 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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        86 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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          -45 hours ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            94 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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            55 hours ago

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

          • @[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.