Yeah, at least two of my accounts aren't flagged, it's ok. I think there are only two ways that dozens of videos could've been removed from multiple channels in the same couple of months: Manual decision, or a large scale removal for content violation, which was flagged by YT AI.
Recently, when reverse image searching, Google feeds me a shitton of Reddit, Instagram, Facebook or Pinterest. The first three either refuse to let you see the image or refuse to let you download it, and the fourth is a wasteful link to a link that usually doesn't exist. I shall block those with my AGH and see how it performs lol
What country did you last have issues with? I'll try it out. I use Nord for downloading videos, and it seems that YT have flagged every single Dutch and UK IP I try as a potential bot, restricting access completely without being logged in.
There also seems to be a huge issue where YouTube has recently delisted a significant amount of videos - and I don't mean unlisted or private. I mean they just don't exist through channels or yt-dlp any more. I think YT is killing creators
I use Endeavour and it's near flawless because all the drivers are imstalled, Steam knows when to use Proton, Heroic Launcher handles everything else. 6TB+ of games. All run. When they don't it's because of Epic Games' login requirement. No crashes. No launch errors.
Basically, there's no excuse for incompatibility any more. One exception may be some online multiplayer games with kernel level anticheat that's not supported by Proton. But I don't play those so idk
Hell yeah that's a success. Some legends are rebuilding server support for The Crew, but it requires a PC copy to modify the files. Back in 2014 I bought it on Xbox.
Longevity alone is a great reason to switch. The knowledge that a higher price usually means a better product; complete control over how good the game looks (which usually means higher graphics settings compared to console); a higher chance of being able to play offline to skirt mandatory updates, data farming, glitch patches and other attempts to restrict your choices of playstyle; and less chance of your purchased license to play being indefinitely revoked due to some decision the publisher made. Because, let's face it, publishers are usually the biggest assholes in the game industry, and the consoles are just another way of enhancing their profit and control over developers and consumers.
They're a great, convenient product, but all convenience today comes with a higher cost than money.
PC gaming is looking threatened, though. The pearly gates of Steam and Valve are getting corrupted by greed and control freaks. If Steam transforms, I'm not sure where everyone else will go. Perhaps GoG.
I hear that but I don't see any fucking taming being done - zero countries except Palestine are active, Ukraine is occupied with their own oppression, so zero leaderships are deserving of my recognition or respect. Every single leader is either a weak-chinned worm refusing to object to evil, a savage and cruel monster oppressing the weaker or a nothing who abstains from conflict, and all need to be burned out and replaced by people who can lead.
As someone outside America's (and upper-class England's) sphere of education extortion, those who pirate and distribute textbooks are true gods - we get to learn for free for fifteen years, so should everyone.
I wouldn't have thought so, as none of these creators in my first test have used these methods for editing - their content is all vlog style, with the only edits involving audio effects and cuts between footage. I'm ruling nothing out until it's proven irrelevant, however.
True. I appreciate the call for free speech, but ever since the hateful have upped their public image significantly I learned that minimal tolerance moderation of said hateful folk would make for a much healthier society. I've also heard Odysee has been filling up with AI slop. Maybe there should be a dedicated switch for the user to decide if they want to see AI gen content. If we can't stop them, we can ignore them and close the door
Precisely. I know some creators (Sam Time, Legal Eagle) that dual upload to Odysee as a failsafe for YouTube's inevitable censorship, and Odysee being a decentralised space that prioritises freedom of speech means I see it as a good alternative, or stepping stone to Peertube.
Back in the day creators had their own blog websites for folk to access and subscribe. I believe this fragmentation is the best solution when aggregating sites like YouTube and Dailymotion become hostile.
I am not an established researcher, so I believe I have no legacy to justify a response from busy folk. I was referring less to myself not reaching out, and more to the unlikelihood of any responses. I am absolutely messaging creators who I see have a significant disparity between published and indexed videos.
I agree with local search, but I prefer more of a traditional algorithm-based search to generative AI. A solution I've seen (that is far more attainable than building your own search engine) is hosting a metasearch engine, which collates results from search engines, based on your own preferences of results. Or perhaps using someone else's established server if their preferences align with yours. Localised (on-device) search will be a gamechanger in many ways, but I believe a meaningful version of that is far off and potentially impractical to implement.
