That’s a rhetorical question, in case there’s any doubt. I know the exact what and why of their bullshit.

      • smb@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        we need an adblockers blockers blocker

        no, what is needed is an app that helps track who benefits from thr apps that annly you most:

        • ownership of companies pushing annoying ads
        • management of companies pushing annoying ads
        • find the connection between those and the products you maybe want to buy in shops or in internet before you buy, then instead of buying, let the app send the seller a message that you did not buy because of that connection.
        • do this in numbers with lots of people and see what happens to the advertising jungle

        the point is NOT buying because of advertising AND let them know it, so they can learn to improve themselves.

        they wanted your data? let them have it the way you want them to.

        same with any platform. ask the creator of your choice to also publish using patreon and you’ll become a member then, getting the content free of ads. better more directly pay who does the actual work, not all the big tech harvesting all the benefit inbetween.

        so what maybe is needed here could be a free or even self-hostable platform that also allows payed subscriptions.

  • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    3 months ago

    I think they are clamping down and trying to force people to watch yt in Google’s desired way. They have managed to stop most Piped instances via ip banning and also requesting users to “sign in to confirm you are not a robot”. I wish their was a proper alternative at this point. It would be great if something like Peertube took off.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      51·
      3 months ago

      I use SmartTube on my TV and NewPipe on my phone. Except for links from Lemmy.

      If this bullshit is/becomes a thing for every YouTube video, I’m gonna have to do a lot of annoying copying and pasting or just eschew pretty much all videos on Lemmy 🤬

      Agreed on Peertube btw.

      • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        I wonder could someone write an app that watches the clipboard for YouTube URLs and auto launches the desired app?

        • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
          13·
          3 months ago

          You can uninstall YouTube and set newpipe as default “YouTube” app, all links will be open in that

        • 🅿🅸🆇🅴🅻@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          3 months ago

          UntrackMe, doesn’t open an app, but redirects to a chosen Invidious instance. I use farside.link/invidious which chooses a random instance closer to you.

        • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
          6·
          3 months ago

          Alternatively, just use the share link on any function, and route it to the appropriate app. In this case, share a Youtube Link to the official app or to NewPipe.

        • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          3 months ago

          There is a similar thing already written, minus the automatic part. You set it as your default browser and lets you do all sorts of things to the link before opening it in a browser. It lets you choose which app to use the link in afterwards. You can unshort urls, it checks for malware or redirects… You get the picture. Not sure if this helps with what you are after:

          https://f-droid.org/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecker/

        • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mlEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Not necessary, apps can register to open links from specific domains.

          The only caveat is that if they don’t also own the domain - like Google owns both youtube.com and the YouTube Android app - you have to manually go to the settings for the app in System Settings and enable them, under ‘Open by default’.

      • tacofox@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago
        • 1000 for SmartTube!! I finally side-loaded uYou for my iphone and last time I used my android tablet I was able to update reVanced but thats been forever ago.
    • Gigasser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      Might be cool to start advocating for some YouTube creators to also post their stuff on federated video hosting/sharing instances. Peertube is pretty cool. I mean shit, if any of you are thinking of being creators, and you make a video, put it both on YouTube and some Peertube instance.

      Edit: replaced a word with “instance” and added word “instance”

      • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        3 months ago

        Unfortunately creators need to be paid and YouTube ad & subscription money is a big part of that for many of them.

        By posting to elsewhere that won’t pay them, they would be reducing their income

        • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          Unfortunately creators need to be paid and YouTube ad & subscription money is a big part of that for many of them.

          By posting to elsewhere that won’t pay them, they would be reducing their income

          Plus, those other platforms don’t have an audience.

          Even Odysee, which has been around for several years, I only get 10s of views compared to the 3000-5000 that I get on youtube.

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        There are maybe a dozen non nuts on Odyssey. They’re just drown out by the fascists.

        Problem is:

        Peertube doesn’t pay

        You have to pay for the backup/storage of your videos.

        PT will have massive scaling pains.

        Yt spends a lot of that advertising money hosting non profitable videos for free.

  • Kethal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    3 months ago

    Whenever I have issues with YouTube refusing to do things it used to do, I stop using it for a while and eventually they put it back. If you’re not willing to do that, I find that the NewPipe app is better than the native YouTube app. But be warned that occasionally Google makes changes that break New Pipe and you need to wait a couple days for the devs to catch up to the change.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      17·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve used NewPipe for ages, but YouTube links from Lemmy open in my browser, so I’m gonna have to copy paste into it, which is going to be all kinds of annoying 😡

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          12·
          3 months ago

          I tried BOW, but it didn’t register Lemmy OR NewPipe as existing, so that was a dud.

          I then realized that maybe I could set a global rule for all the YouTube addresses to open in NewPipe and I could so I did!

          I then clicked the link that originally gave me the OP message. It opened in NewPipe… And I got the fucking “not available in your country” message in stead!

      • Kethal@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        On my phone this can be set by going to settings, default apps, opening links, wait unusually long for the list to load, scroll to NewPipe, choose the links you want it to handle.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            141·
            3 months ago

            They’ve already been trying to kill them for a while now. Luckily for us they’ve only had limited success so far…

          • smb@lemmy.mlEnglish
            31·
            3 months ago

            really, yt stopped to play sound on the website for me (beeing logged in), there is a banner to “activate sound” but it always disappears unclickable fast, so i searched and found webtube, an app that basically loads their website, but has one feature youtube has not: “sound” *lol

            now i wonder how many of these apps really are “third” party apps and not really theirs only masked as third party for getting that gain of trust all the “others” get when it comes to big techs with their very own “public” crime records …

            would be too easy for them to create some small apps, act as if those were 3rd party software but harvest that spyoil (of the 21 century) anyway.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
      22·
      3 months ago

      Same reason Facebook won’t let you look at your messages through the website on mobile. (Unless you request the desktop site).

    • feannag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      I’ve really enjoyed greyjay. I don’t yet have creators I follow outside of YouTube, but I love the concept.

      • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.ukEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        unfortunately a lot of the bigger alternatives are just filled with right wing nutters. although hopefully apps like grayjay will make it easier for less political minded people find a home on other platforms

  • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    3 months ago

    Everyone here is like “use this” “use that” which is great but the immediate solution is

    switch to desktop mode

    You’re welcome

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      I loved Vanced, but never got ReVanced to work or tried GrayJay.

      NewPipe works like a charm now that I have it set as the default app for all YouTube links, though 😁

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlEnglish
        92·
        3 months ago

        You have to download the YouTube APK version ReVanced specifies in the compile step You can find the Apk on APKpure.

        ReVanced is a hassle though.

        • Rev3rze@feddit.nlEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Literally did this 10 hours ago using this guide: https://lemmy.world/post/857701. You need an earlier version apk than APKpure has though (19.16.39). I was surprised with how easy it is tbh. Just had to find a decent site to get that particular apk from but that’s a simple Google search away.

          • TwanHE@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            Should be able to find previous version on apkpure aswell.

            Usually typing “YouTube apk 19.” On Google is enough for the currently required version to be in the autofill for me.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Yeah, I did everything the documentation asked of me and did every relevant troubleshooter, just couldnt get that shit to work 🤷

          NewPipe, on the other hand, just works perfectly immediately. Other than temporarily falling to Google’s evil machinations against alternative frontends once, there’s been absolutely no trouble with it.

          • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlEnglish
            21·
            3 months ago

            One thing most guides don’t show is that you have to match the YouTube app version with the suggestion. They implemented a handy search search button which searches for the needed app version in your browser too.

            But if you do not need your account then Newpipe is excellent too.

  • Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    I’ve gone out of my way to make a cracked .IPA of YouTube (basic adocker + sponserblock + Downloader) for my phone to not have to deal with there stuff and it’s held out so far. Just hope it keeps doing so

      • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        3 months ago

        You must not be a beer drinker, then. I love cracking open an IPA after a long day.

      • Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        it’s a version of Uyou that you can find on GitHub. Tells you how, though you have to do a bit of the compiling yourself

  • Xylight (Photon Dev)@lemm.eeEnglish
    131·
    3 months ago

    It could be that it’s playing in a codec that your mobile browser doesn’t support like av1 or something. Not sure though, is this happening with every video?

        • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          They have always hosted AVC videos. They have to for old/incompatible devices, because literally any toaster and software on earth will play it.

          But sometimes they are funny about what gets encoded to what, and of course they will always try to default to av1/vp9 and opus.

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    What browser are you using?

    Firefox + uBlock Origin is still working for me right now.

    Edit: hmm, could be a regional thing too. I’m in the US.