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

  • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month 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
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      1 month 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
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        1 month ago

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

        • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
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          1 month ago

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