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YouTube testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockers (9to5google.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If YouTube decides to mangle the original content to fight back… then maybe that’s finally the impetus people will need to switch platforms.

Switch to where? Everything that's not just a different youtube frontend is either shit or doesn't pay the creators. Federated FOSS sites aren't an option either cause once an influx of users outside the tech bubble happens, the server capacity will hit ground bottom.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably people would just start needing to host their own video content and share it amongst themselves, like in the old internet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

for sure. necessity breeds invention. sometimes i just want enshittification to takes its course so foss adoption grows more.

[–] semperverus 3 points 7 months ago

The way the foss sites work is basically like torrents though so it has the whole "the more people that watch a video, the faster it becomes for everyone" effect. The primary upside is that each site serves as a guaranteed seeder.