• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          16 hours ago

          Im on linux and thats all i know, so if you arent i cant help ya…

          You can install mpv from your package manager. This should automatically install yt-dlp as a dependency, but probably not the latest version which is very necessary.

          That means you have to get the latest version from the github https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?tab=readme-ov-file#release-files Just take the first thing in the table.

          yt-dlp | Platform-independent zipimport binary. Needs Python (recommended for Linux/BSD)

          This yt-dlp file will have to go into your /home/user/.local/bin/ folder, so that it gets used instead of the outdated version installed by your OS when mpv looks for it.

          That should be the basic setup. To use it you just do mpv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFZjo5PgG0 in your terminal, which will open that video. In my RSS reader i can define a custom browser application, so i just give it mpv as a browser, that way i dont have to open a terminal every time.

          If you want to have a button that redirects youtube vids from your browser to mpv, that requires some more tinkering. If you wanna do that i can write another comment.

      • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.ee
        5·
        6 days ago

        Youtube blocks vpns if you’re not signed in so I need to keep changing my end point until I get an IP they don’t associate with vpns to use those.

  • Rin@lemm.ee
    8·
    6 days ago

    Said it before and i’ll keep saying it. Youtube breaks my adblocker, i’m out of there

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
        4·
        6 days ago

        the vast majority of my feed is really good and i have a bigass pile of subscriptions to channels i want to watch basically every video from because they’re really good

        learn to tell the algorithm to fuck off and serve you better things, don’t just blithely slurp up whatever it feeds you.

        • warm@kbin.earth
          3·
          6 days ago

          Yup or just don’t use the algorithm, I only ever visit my subscriptions tab and get recommendations for new content from other actual people.

        • Sas [she/her]@beehaw.org
          18·
          6 days ago

          Yes there is. I’d probably never have found out about variant Sudoku without Cracking the Cryptic. I get valuable rock climbing tips from professional climbers and coaches on YouTube and employ them often successfully in the climbing gym. I learn about weird weapons from that blacksmith guy that i can use in my TTRPGs and that’s not even taking about the science channels.

          Of course if you don’t curate your subscribed channels and just browse home it’s probably gonna suck and be full of clickbait

          • easily3667@lemmus.orgEnglish
            3·
            6 days ago

            So you’re the person who watches those medieval weapon tutorials. I wondered how those stayed alive.

        • Dil@is.hardlywork.ingEnglish
          8·
          6 days ago

          if you cant find good content on yourube you’re just relying on the algorithim maybe? Try searching for things you’re interested in lol

  • Manticore@lemmy.nz
    5·
    6 days ago

    Yes, starting getting this with ublock Lite.

    I’ve noticed if you click the button to "make an exception’, and refresh the page, you can watch the video anyway. But it’s possible that their server can record you doing that several times and might eventually suspend you.

  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    6 days ago

    What’s been working for me so far is just hard reloading the page, after that it seems to forget all about it so long as i’m on the same tab, though it also works just fine to keep making new tabs and hard reloading every time.

  • jarfil@beehaw.org
    7·
    7 days ago

    GOOGL knows that to become a long term successful company in a world of 4.50% interest rates, that P/E of 21 and dividend yield of 0.49% are barely cutting it.

    They can no longer push popular platforms like YouTube as a loss leader.

  • demoman@lemmy.oneEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    Needed to use chrome today for a site that refuses to work on firefox and got a popup uBlock Origin was removed from the chrome store. Lol

      • jevans ⁂@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Invidious is switching to a new paradigm where the part that talks to YouTube will be split out into it’s own service called invidious-companion. While not part of the current release, they have instructions for setting it up, and it’s what I’m currently using. The only things that don’t work right now are live videos and the Clipious Android TV app (the phone app works fine). If you don’t need either of those things, I recommend starting with invidious-companion

        https://docs.invidious.io/companion-installation/

  • Dil@is.hardlywork.ingEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    Had to whitelist them on vivaldi, dloaded freetube but cant use my account on there or multiple tabs so its not super convenient