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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 172 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I always somehow miss when it stops working and by the time I go to YouTube again it's already working again.

Blessings to Gorhill

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 month ago

don't forget the list maintainers

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 86 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Friends don't let friends deal with YouTube's website.
NewPipe
FreeTube

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We're friends?

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

we’re all friends here

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Also relevant: alternate frontends (e.g. Invidious and Piped) and yt-dlp🔗 (youtube downloader, can also be used to stream videos into players like mpv)

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All the piped instances appear to be down, unless Im missing something

[–] sag@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Self-Hosting is the only option right now.

[–] N00b22@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

PipePipe in case NewPipe can't load the video because it requires sign in

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

There is no option to sign in on NewPipe. NewPipe works perfectly for me for years now. I even use the Sponsorblock Fork to skip the sponsored segments from the Video Creators

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Well, down the list we go...

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Don't forget Smarttube

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

FreeTube breaks regularly and doesn't have support for higher resolutions.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I've been watching 4k on it lately

[–] jkozaka@lemm.ee 65 points 1 month ago

It was fixed in mere minutes

[–] Epzillon@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Can anyone tell me why my "purge cache" button is missing? I thought i was crazy

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ads aside, what's been infuriating me lately is that YouTube seems to have degraded the quality of existing videos and locked the previously available quality behind the "1080p Enhanced Bitrate"; I have no way of confirming this since I obviously don't have Premium, but I'm fairly sure that the regular 1080p of old videos that I rewatch from time to time (uploaded 2-3 years ago or earlier) is now worse than it was. If it was about new uploads with something previously unavailable, it would've been somewhat understandable. Something also tells me that the paid tier is also going to get ads eventually.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm guessing they're going to use the classic method of increasing the subscription price and then later creating a new lite subscription that does have some ads.

[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From everything I've read, it seems they didn't actually reduce quality and it's just placebo from the introduction of the premium bitrate option.

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[–] Powerbomb@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

I was so happy to find this post, and was saddened again to see that I didn't have this button available when I needed it hahahaha

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

If you’re on iOS or use Safari on macOS Wipr will get rid of YouTube ads.

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[–] teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I've never even seen that before with unlock on firefox

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Now It's gone

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