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My Opinion: NewPipe, Piped, Invidious, etc's days are numbered. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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With Reddit shutting down its API setting a precedent in the corporate tech world (and Reddit was a major outlier in that a ton of their users are technical minded and support third party clients, YouTube does not have that kind of userbase and will not get backlash for it), Twitter doing whatever the fuck they're doing, and Google already hellbent on destroying ad blockers, the days of Newpipe, Invidious, and Freetube are numbered. Wouldn't be surprised if they implement Netflix level DRM tomorrow that makes alt clients impossible. I say savour your alt clients while you can guys, you won't be able to soon.

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[-] pumpsnabben@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago

The more we use Odysee the more will it seem like a valid alternative.

Personally I watch videos from the creators that have mirrored their YT channel to Odysee.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 27 points 11 months ago

I don't think there's anything fundamentally different about Odyssey than YouTube. They're both private companies. Odyssey is just in a growth phase. And YouTube is in Post Monopoly face. If Odyssey becomes very popular I see them acting exactly like YouTube acts.

[-] pumpsnabben@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

It's open source and decentralized, will hopefully make a difference.

[-] anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Switching to the growth phase companies is one of the few options we have though.
I'm sure you are right in that after a few years of success the next private company will too enter the money grabbing phase.
That will open the market up for yet a new contender still in the growth phase.
Round and round we go.

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