Sometimes I like to make jokes about how every time Big Social does something that doesn't please their userbase, the
#Fediverse grows. We've seen this happen with Twitter and Reddit before, and now it seems like
#YouTube is also experiencing this trend.
YouTube's recent unfriendliness towards ad blockers has led to the rise of PeerTube. It's interesting to note that PeerTube servers like
@MakerTube@mastodon.social are now requesting additional resources to accommodate the influx of new
#PeerTube users, many of whom are adamant about not making any exceptions for YouTube in their ad blocker software.
It's fascinating to see that the Fediverse is currently going through a
#YouTubeMigration.
RE:
https://mastodon.social/users/MakerTube/statuses/111262341659431820 A wave of new users is coming to
#MakerTube because of
#youtube began rolling out ad-block blocker everywhere. That is lovely, a warm welcome!
This also means a lot more resources are needed to handle the load. People are importing their whole youtube catalog and I needed to bring up a serious amount of resources which cost time and money.
If you want to keep MakerTube open and healthy please consider donating, see here for options
https://makertube.net/about/instance#business-modelEvery penny counts!
#peertube