For one, even if I wanted to use it, piped never works for me.

Second, on mobile, my alternative of choice doesn’t recognize everyone’s non-yt links, so it removes my choice in the matter.

Third, I have no reason to trust the weird-ass domains I see, and to un-fuck the url takes much more time then just handing out the original YT links and letting people choose for themselves how they view the video.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgM
    382·
    7 months ago

    Agree totally. Any YT link can be turned easily into an alternate frontend link, so leave it up to the clients to rewrite those as they want (either via browser extension or UI feature).

    Granted, it’s just as easy to turn an alternate frontend link into a YT or other alternative link, but then the client would have to know of every random Invidious/Piped instance, so it’s much less practical.

  • doublejay1999@lemmy.world
    357·
    7 months ago

    Most people post YouTube links, which are replaced by bots to privacy respecting front ends.

    This is because the mods understand YouTube is a blood sucking vampire.

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
      31·
      7 months ago

      It’s fine to have frontend bots. I post youtube links and let people decide where they want to watch it. For me I click on the YouTube link but it opens up in libretube, which uses youtube piped frontends.

  • Baku@aussie.zone
    134·
    7 months ago

    I’m not sure this is really an unpopular opinion. Controversial? Yes. Unpopular? Probably not.

    In a lot of places people link unusual frontends, you’ll see at least 1 or 2 people chastising them for it.

    That aside, I agree.

  • spujb@lemmy.cafe
    91·
    7 months ago

    fourth, if i share a video URL it’s likely a creator who i like and support and depriving them of their ad revenue might not be what i want