It didn't matter which video I tried to watch. But now it thankfully works again.

Its always the same when some big tech company says its to protect you or the community.

And every comment section on YouTube being filled with bots, tons of channels run only with AI etc.

Turning a CD into the equivalent of a vynil. Now that's something I never expected. Looks like a CD could fit maybe 3 tracks?

Oh very nice! I never would have thought that it could be possible to play a CD like that. Your other videos on YouTube are also very cool and interesting.

I always use VPN and when I get this nonsense I know it's nonsense because the video plays perfectly if I switch to a different country and reload the page.

No it is a community. It's just that they're lying that this is protecting it.

I can still watch videos logged out most of the time. That message only appears occasionally and when it does I use Celluloid or Freetube to watch the video.

I wonder what sort of demographics are effected by this, because it's the first I've heard of it and I semi-regularly browse while signed out.

It also does it sometimes if you’re on a VPN.

I normally use NewPipe but that didn't work so I used Firefox and got that lovely message on the video. But now, a few hours later, it all works again...

He's using a browser version not revanced

the IP block unfortunately applies to newpipe as well. you'd have to sign in to make it go away

Yea I normally use Newpipe as well but it didn't work so I switched to browser for this video.

I already get redirected to NewPipe. I only use the browser when NewPipe is not working.

I tried Nebula for a while and as the others said, it is worth it, but not enough to replace YouTube for me.

Great platform with a ton of amazing creators. Definitely worth a subscription, but not a full replacement for yt. Revanced can at least get rid of the ads/improve ux.

I spent a year with it, it wasn't enough to completely replace youtube but if you have the money I definitely felt it was worth it. I only let it run out for money reasons

Would love to quit youtube if most of the people I watch move to Peertube or any other alternative, Like what happened to Twitter and people moved to Bsky

Most "non tech-savvy" people I've tried to explain the concept of open source software and initiatives like the Fediverse to just outright don't trust them. Whilst they might say they'd prefer for software and services to not track or manipulate them if you asked them directly, they can't truly conceive of tech that doesn't.

The only interactions these people have had with the digital world have been as part of the modern data scraping hellscape that was once termed "Web 2.0" after the internet went mainstream in the '00s. They weren't part of the internet when it was a niche interest and more open, so they know no better and accept that predatory behaviour as the way of things.

I'm not an expert in psychology but I don't think it's overly dramatic to say it puts me in mind of those poor individuals who were abused as children, never received therapy and go on to seek out other abusers in adulthood.

The masses don't know how to search for information anymore. Not only that, but they are unable to do so with the disparity of their understanding of the search engines and the current state of search engines. People are used to being fed information through an algorithm, and those who control the algorithm aren't about to promote a competitor that'd take away their money.

Is it possible for creators to earn money on PeerTube? If not, maybe that's what's holding a lot of them back. And of course the fact that most people don't know what PeerTube is. It should be easily accessible for everyone and have some kind of system to give the creators money. And make the switch from YouTube easy.

Accessibility, usability, scalability at very, very large scale, actual searchability, and actual return on investment, because some people actually get money from youtube?

Actually, peertube, depending on the instance and the popularity of the content, can be incredibly frustrating for a viewer. And it can be frustrating to the content creator. Some people are quick to dismiss minor (and less minor) annoyances, are able to look for fixes, and so on, but for almost everyone? The experience is nightmareish, with incertain returns (or no returns at all, as it stands).

Once you fix all that, you might have a chance to convince larger entities to move to peertube. Well, more realistically, to host their own instance. Well, more realistically, to host multiple instances, because really some people would hammer the platform down with each video. See the issue yet?

Nothing.

There is a massive gap between the aspirations of online consumers, and actual consumer behavior.

People will never ever support creators, that's the bottom line. People are greedly little fucks and they like it. Don't fool yourself.

I say this as a former massive streamer will millions of watched hours. People. Are. Shit.