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YouTube is severely rate limiting Invidious instances
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this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
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Is there any reason there isn't a desktop app for this so all traffic comes from my IP only?
Why does it have to be a web server infra?
Others mentioned Freetube, but note also that you could just host your own Invidious instance on localhost.
Yes but my point was thats very difficult compared to a native app without a web server stack