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So, I had an idea for an Invidious alternative that would be pretty difficult for YouTube to block. Basically, YouTube can block instances because it is really easy to detect which IP is making a lot of requests. But what if everyone using Invidious were an instance? Like, if one person wants to watch a video, they would get it from a random person using this software. I don't really know how it would be done—if it would be something like torrents, which have a direct connection, or if it would go through some server in the middle. This is just a suggestion; I don't really know how I would implement it. But if it can be done and someone wants to do it, it would be great.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Kinda sounds like you're describing Tor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Thinking about it, this really looks similar