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With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they're doing, and Google already hellbent on destroying ad blockers, the days of Newpipe, Invidious, and Freetube are numbered. Wouldn't be surprised if they implement Netflix level DRM tomorrow that makes alt clients impossible. I say savour your alt clients while you can guys, you won't be able to soon.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is that the content creators that I like are all on YouTube and nowhere else. There is no alternative.

[–] anewbeginning 3 points 1 year ago

The more incentives these companies create with their annoyances to the users the easier it is for alternatives to pop up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You will find new ones you like or you will watch less.

Both is fine and you will survive.

And if less people consume content on YouTube, less creators will upload their stuff ONLY there.