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I don't really use facebook anymore so couldn't care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It'll end well enough. People will just stop using their shitty platforms. They'll start looking for alternatives, from which there are loads, find that there are platforms that don't require ads, and go there.

Those that stay deserve the shit they get

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

You're massively overestimating the conviction of the average internet user. They'll do whatever they're told is cool to do, including visiting a site that is nothing but ads.

[–] Komatik 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Alternatieve for youtube ? Have yet too find a good one 😞

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The closest thing I've seen is lbry, where some creators have mirrored their YouTube accounts. But it feels like a very small number of them uploading there.

E to add: As with all alternative platforms, it's also home to a lot of content that was kicked off of more mainstream platforms for one reason or another.

[–] uis 4 points 1 year ago

Peertube. Youtube, but with federation and webhooks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TILvidsis a peertube instance with a focus high quality educational content. There is vastly less content compared to YouTube but the videos that are there tend to be really good.

This should help you get started with peertube

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

For desktop I use the FreeTube client. For mobile, there's various options line NewPipe and Revanced. But these are all Android Only.

[–] DTFpanda 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Those are literally all still YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They asked for an alternative for youtube, not to youtube.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Newpipe supports federated video plataforms like peertube.