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YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers (www.androidpolice.com)

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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Eventually, the users will rebel and just stop watching, and then the video creators will follow, because if nobody's watching, then there will be no reason to create on YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You know this won’t happen, but I like your optimism

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

That's never going to happen unless there's another platform they'll all migrate to and Rumble ain't it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I would personally prefer to see peer tube because it's open source.

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

Why isn't Rumble an option? Genuinely curious. Is it because it's not open source? or federated or something?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Why isn't Rumble an option?

For most people who refuse to use it, it's probably because they view it as more a haven for extremism and hate speech, as it seems to have made its niche by allowing those who were banned elsewhere (not always a bad thing...depends on offense).

Most of Rumble’s prominent accounts are run by individuals, not organizations, and about a quarter have been banned or demonetized on other social media sites. The Center’s study examined 200 prominent accounts on Rumble, selected from those with the most followers. As of June 2022, about eight-in-ten accounts (78%) were individuals while 21% were organizations. About a fifth of these prominent Rumble accounts (22%) have been banned or demonetized on other platforms.

Guns, abortion and LGBTQ issues were among the subjects that prominent Rumble accounts focused on in June 2022. A review of posts from these 200 prominent Rumble accounts found that about half posted about guns and gun rights (49%) or abortion (48%), 44% posted about LGBTQ issues, and 42% posted about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. These posts came amid widespread discussion of major events and issues that were regularly covered in the news at the time.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/21/key-facts-about-rumble/

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

Given the giant amounts of storage and bandwidth needed for video hosting... A platform is not a solution. A protocol is.

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

Unlikely