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How to Be Bad at YouTube (lemmings.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I am wondering how to be bad at using websites such as YouTube. For example, currently I do most of my youtube viewing on a Ruko Tv, where I never sign it, never comment, and never subscribe. When I select a video and an advertisement that is longer than 5 seconds shows up I will hit the back button and select the video again. I repeat this process till I get a the 5 sec ad or the video starts.

I assume this is not how google (or YouTubers) wish me to access their platform, but is there anyway I could be more disruptive to the business model?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

to put the "youtube often breaks it" into perspective. In the last 6 months, I've lost access to youtube for a total of 8 days, with the longest continuous downtime being 3 days. selfhosting it works fine, for the most part.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You mean YouTube does not break self hosted Invidious? So they break the public most used ones then I guess. Right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

That is correct. The public ones get blacklisted by youtube.