First time this happens to me. With a German protonvpn server.

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    YouTube doesn’t like VPNs. Harder to track you (and sell/monetize your data) if they can’t tell who you are.

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      3 months ago

      I desperately want a viable alternative to come along. There’s a lot of great content on YouTube, but the platform is increasingly being enshitified.

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            There’s nothing “disgusting” about nudity. You should shake off those preconceived cultural biases, you’ll be a better person.

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              I don’t feel anything abut nudity being posted somewhere and people enjoying it… I just don’t want to see it myself because it’s disgusting for me)

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        It’s a gigantic money sink, it’s going to be extremely hard to come up with a profitable (or break even) alternative.

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        There’s platforms like Nebula that noticed the decline and also wanted to give creators the freedom to create without needing to deal with an ever changing algorithm

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          I’ve considered Nebula a few times. That could absolutely be the alternative I’m looking for if they keep adding creators and topics and variety.

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            They seemingly are adding more creators. At least the ones I’ve followed. I recently just started contacting creators to ask if they’ve even heard of it and willing to contact so ppl can support them that way.

            Patreon is cool but I don’t want to have a subscription for every creator I like and decide on the amount.

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              None of the creators I follow have LiberaPay or crypto as an option either. I don’t want to pay on a proprietary platform.

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              Thanks for doing the legwork, I appreciate the initiative :) I’m guessing that I’ll end up with a Nebula subscription, I just haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

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                  Thanks for the offer, but I’ll support them from day one when I decide to subscribe :) I already know that several creators on Nebula make good content.

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          LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP $300

          I’m inclined to buy that just because it exists. I hate subscription services so, so much!

          This is the best option if you think you’ll use Nebula for more than 5 years.

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        I agree. We just haven’t gotten to the point quite yet. Where the creators revolt. But that stage should appear somewhat shortly.

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        Third party app without an account maybe? Freetube on the desktop and newpipe on the phone is what I like to use. There’s stuff like grayjay, tubearchivist, and pinchflat as well. Or just go straight yt-dlp.

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        Youtube does a ton of evil stuff, but this one is more tame. I suspect the VPN was used to bot and got banned, so the sign-in is required to better target where the traffic is allowed to go, instead of blanket banning everybody using the service.

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          I suspect the VPN was used to bot

          There are plenty of sources, including even in this thread, indicating that that this is not the problem. Quit making excuses for them.

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      I go the other way. My youtube account is used across my family. My recommendation is a fucking mess.

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        My wife and I have our own. We use hers for the kid and mine for the dog. So, hers is beauty gurus and baby shark, and mine is Sarah Boone coverage, old computers, and 10 hour videos of squirrels.