I recently set up a local instance of Invidious. All the devices on my network can use it and there are 0 ads. There are some free public instances, also.
Not as easy (or portable) as ad block, but I’m a fan.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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This is going to end up affecting mostly house-bound poor people.
I would imagine most things do. Aside from like, idk, road construction
YouTube Recanced all the way. I've had YouTube premium for free.99 going on 5 years now
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I double dare you!
Yeah this sucks, but do they have any alternatives? How else do they make money? Or is everyone mad because the amount of ads they show is disproportionate to the amount of ads they need to show?
No one here wants to talk about the realities of running such a massive video hosting operation.
No one is a serious competitor due to how large of a mountain it is to climb to compete. With every minute that goes by, YouTube becomes even more massive.
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