YouTube expands age verification to more users. Several users are reporting on Reddit seeing new restrictions being applied to their accounts.
I guess reVanced will remove this shit
sigh
Can those affected by the now policy use Grayjay (https://grayjay.app/) to bypass it?
the internet fucking sucks so bad now oh my GOD
its nice here all things considered
The thing about sites like these is that they are augmented by other sites like YouTube or Imgur.
If you live in the UK now, you won’t be able to open Imgur links, catbox rarely works and YouTube requires age verification.
There are of course alternatives, but they’re barely used.
well, dictatorial regimes always makes things worse.
Yes they do, don’t they
A small bastion where ppl still make sense, lemmy is why I still have faith in ppl on the internet, what we get without controversy fueled algorithims is people just actually discussing sht and being helpful
I swear to god Google I will delete my account and use a front end for every single time I see a video on your platform, so help me God.
peertube
I don’t understand why people are so afraid to ditch YouTube
A lot of creators I watch are YouTube exclusive with their content.
If they were on Peertube, I’d delete YouTube in a heartbeat.
But I also understand that a lot of them make their living off ad revenue, so I don’t blame them for staying.
You can also check out nebula. A good chunk of them are there.
Why commit to them instead of finding alternative creators on a different platform?
There is no substitute for Hank Green.
Fine. Name alternatives for what YouTube is mostly used for and I’ll be the first to take your advise.
We are talking vlogs on huge amounts of topics, product reviews and unboxings, reaction videos, how-to tutorials, gaming videos (walkthroughs, live streams, etc.), ASMR and relaxation content, educational and explainer videos for science, history and finance… and so on.
There’s simply no true alternative.
What are you into?
The above.
My circle of family, friends and others will extend the list to music videos, health care (mental health and wellness, for example), the shorts, movie trailers, even Hallmark movies.
There is no platform other than YouTube that combines all this crazy amount of content.
There’s PeerTube with notoriously difficult onboarding for the average user and limited content, there’s Loops with extremely limited content… I really wish it were different.
Maybe one day existing platforms will rise. Looking at you, VIMEO, Kick, DailyMotion, DTube…
Name one
What are you into?
Photography, Star trek, fountain pens
I do cosplay, dollhouses, and dioramas, and peertube is pretty dead on that front.
Doesn’t matter. Name a single FREE alternative to YouTube with content worth watching.
Depends on the content you’re wanting to watch.
See, you can’t even just name something. Because it doesn’t exist.
How about mtg gameplay, video game speedruns, beat battles, and vtubers? That’s pretty much all I use YouTube for these days, but I’d love to drop it completely.
If you want to transfer every video to a different service, be my guest.
I mean, it gives you tools to export your videos out.
Cool. You should probably get started. There’s a lot of videos.
I don’t have any youtube videos to export. Do you want me to export yours?
And everyone else’s. People don’t go elsewhere because the creators they like are on YouTube. Speaking as someone with Peertube and Nebula.
no. just start at the frontpage and continue from there. let me know when you’re done, I got some videos on my todo list
If you would, thank you. Here’s the list:
www.youtube.com
Not “afraid” to “ditch” a monopoly. It’s a monopoly.
