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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/22423685

EDIT: For those who are too lazy to click the link, this is what it says

Hello,

Sad news for everyone. YouTube/Google has patched the latest workaround that we had in order to restore the video playback functionality.

Right now we have no other solutions/fixes. You may be able to get Invidious working on residential IP addresses (like at home) but on datacenter IP addresses Invidious won't work anymore.

If you are interested to install Invidious at home, we remind you that we have a guide for that here: https://docs.invidious.io/installation/..

This is not the death of this project. We will still try to find new solutions, but this might take time, months probably.

I have updated the public instance list in order to reflect on the working public instances: https://instances.invidious.io. Please don't abuse them since the number is really low.

Feel free to discuss this politely on Matrix or IRC.

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[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 141 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

Not just invidious, they've just de facto blocked video embedding:

If you're wondering how a viable competitor could arise, other companies needing a video hosting solution that they can rely on to run their storefronts is a perfect use case. This is the Humble Bundle storefront, and they could pretty easily spin up a peertube instance. If that became commonplace, it could be one way for peertube to become ubiquitous.

EDIT: This is related to my VPN I believe, but storefronts still aren't going to be happy if they can't rely on their storefronts working for everyone.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

yo rainworld i used to have a friend that was a fan of that game

[–] turtletracks@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a 10/10 for me! Amazing game but definitely not for everyone

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago
[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I dont feel like i wanna say it on lemmy

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't curious about your friend until this comment lmao. Cheers friend.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Alr enjoy your day

[–] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

aww, thanks!
-rain world

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Could be, maybe it's intermittent, but the more times they try to lock this shit down and it stops working for storefronts, the more unreliable it becomes.

What percentage of visits can they afford to have this error happen before they seek alternatives? If it were my business and I didn't know how many customers were closing the store page because the video didn't play and they lost interest, I would be immediately looking for an alternative.

EDIT: Still broken for me. I can fix it by turning off my VPN, but storefronts are going to want to sell to everyone, including the VPN users.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

is that a possible workaround? Also, a tip from my school trying to block YouTube (idk if it applies here) is that you can 'add to queue' to where it plays in the corner then there's a button to make it bigger.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 months ago

other companies needing a video hosting solution that they can rely on to run their storefronts is a perfect use case.

Many companies use Vimeo for this.

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I watch embedded videos all the time. Literally hundreds this weekend. Embedded is not “de facto blocked”.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Well I now can't unless I disable my VPN. Storefronts would probably like VPN users to be able to use their stores, in which case they might be more interested in an alternative.

[–] rain_worl@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago