I guess I’m part of the ones who took it to the extreme and left reddit for good…
Uh, hey guys… Last day of Apollo I deleted my comment history and my account.
Quite enjoy Lemmy; don’t miss the other place at all.
I’m a RiF refugee. Without the app I just didn’t see much point continuing with it.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/i3_4v54To1U
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
I see YouTube is next. Soon we will all be self hosting our video channels
Ad companies only have themselves to blame. Way back when pop-ups were common, I found adblockers, and haven’t spent 10 minutes online since without one.
While I can see federated video channels being a thing, would advertising be possible on it, at least in the same capacity as YouTube? Because from my understanding, a lot of channels are only able to exist the way they do because it’s a career for the channel owner. They can make a living off it, and in turn, they can dedicate their full time to the channel, rather than treat it as a hobby.
Would ads be provided by a different service? And wouldn’t we see the same thing with Reddit, where the existing community is so big that people are scared to use something that may not reach as many people? With forums, its one thing, but when the aim is to make it big and potentially make a living off of videos, that might discourage people more.
I haven’t used reddit on my PC in years so it’s always been the on the phone for. I tried their app and it was so bad compared to everything else I just said fuck it.
This fediverse is clearly the way forward. No more dipshits like spez and his fiefdom
