● 07.02.23
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●● Almost a Week Later Invidious Instances Still Down, Broken, or Shouting Out for Help Because Google/YouTube Lawyers and Other Staff Wage a War on Free Software
Posted in Google, Videos at 6:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Invidious instances are gasping for air and shouting/calling for help this evening (screenshots taken minutes ago; there are a couple more here):
Image: A blocked Invidious Instance
Image: Invidious Instance on data
Image: Invidious Instances abuse claim
Image: Invidious Instance block in Switzerland
Image: Invidious Instance basement hosting
Image: Invidious Instance login
Image: Invidious Instance puffyan
Many instances are offline already.
Even Wikipedia is targeted now (they try to delete the very existence of Invidious or information about it, just like Stalin would do):
Image: Google funds Wikipedia!
Summary: Invidious instances are being roundup up and shot in the neck by the Google Gulag; it’s time to say goodbye to YouTube, as Invidious among other access points will be under relentless attacks
AS we noted a few days ago, it’s time for Free software supporters and freedom proponents in general to boycott YouTube. Google (or YouTube) is proactively hostile because it wants to impose [1] brainwashing and push add-ons [2-3]. YouTube is not free hosting. It’s neither free for creators nor is it free for viewers. YouTube is junk. It’s time to abandon it. Maybe use some legacy tools to access old YouTube material, but definitely look for another place (more information in the 10 links at the bottom). █
Related/contextual items from the news:
●●●● 2023-06-30 [Older] YouTube Threatens to Cut Off Ad Blocker Users After Just Three Ad-less Vids
●●●● 2023-06-26 [Older] YouTube TV expands multiview feature while Google tests online-game offering
●●●● 2023-06-24 [Older] YouTube is reportedly testing online games for mobile and desktop
More information:
New Series: Why People Everywhere Should Quit YouTube
YouTube’s New Management: Time’s Up, Start Paying and Watch Ads, Don’t Use Free Software
Why You Should Quit YouTube – Part 3: Google Exploits Creators, It’ll Get Even Worse
Why You Should Quit YouTube – Part 4: Financial Crunch Time
Why You Should Quit YouTube – Part 5: The Real Enemy Has Become Sanity of Users
Why You Should Quit YouTube – Part 6: The ‘Audiences’ as the Enemies of YouTube
Why You Should Quit YouTube – Part 7: The ‘Creators’ as the Enemies of YouTube
Why You Should Quit YouTube – Part 8: YouTube, Google, and Alphabet as the West’s Political Opportunists and Enemies of Public Health
Why You Should Quit YouTube – Part 9: Name Your Poison
Self-Hosting of Videos is the Way Forward
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