I really hope the answer is "yes," but gosh-darned if I can find one. The FreeTube app still works as long as my VPN is off, but as for Invidious . . . (also, sorry if this has already been covered earlier).

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

YouTube has blocked a bunch of IP ranges, including residential ones, forcing people to use an account to watch videos. So self-hosting isn't an option for everyone.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Oho? Didn't knew that. Thanks for the info ! Do you know what caused the residential IP block ?

Outside of EU?
To much API calls from the same source?
Something else?

I mean, I don't see way they would block residential IPs with normal api calls from the same source. Or are they full enforcing the account thing on everyone?

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't know. My ISP doesn't know. And I won't bother interacting with Google's non-existing support.

My solution is moving away from YouTube whenever possible, for instance subscripting to podcast instead when a creator has a podcast with the same content.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Luckily most casts are just an RSS feed so you do not need an special tooling. It is a real shame many are putting their content behind walls like Spotify.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes, but many YouTube channels don't have a RSS podcast equivalent. YouTube is somewhat of a walled garden, like Spotify is.