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Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according to YouTube (www.jeffgeerling.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31250679

"this morning, as I was finishing up work on a video about a new mini Pi cluster, I got a cheerful email from YouTube saying my video on LibreELEC on the Pi 5 was removed because it promoted:

Dangerous or Harmful Content Content that describes how to get unauthorized or free access to audio or audiovisual content, software, subscription services, or games that usually require payment isn't allowed on YouTube.

I never described any of that stuff, only how to self-host your own media library.

This wasn't my first rodeo—in October last year, I got a strike for showing people how to install Jellyfin!

In that case, I was happy to see my appeal granted within an hour of the strike being placed on the channel. (Nevermind the fact the video had been live for over two years at that point, with nary a problem!)

So I thought, this case will be similar:

  • The video's been up for over a year, without issue
  • The video's had over half a million views
  • The video doesn't promote or highlight any tools used to circumvent copyright, get around paid subscriptions, or reproduce any content illegally

Slam-dunk, right? Well, not according to whomever reviewed my appeal. Apparently self-hosted open source media library management is harmful.

Who knew open source software could be so subversive?"

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[–] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 5 points 19 hours ago

We all know that using youtube, it like trying to stay on the good side of a huge bully. I still can't figure out why anyone would like to use it, and other similar sites.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 20 hours ago

Powerful entities will destroy any threat to their power. It's literally the story of human civilization.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Tried a search for jellyfin earlier today, and my tv youtube all would not load it.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some in the fediverse ask why I'm not on Peertube. Here's the problem (and it's not insurmountable): right now, there's no easy path towards sustainable content production when the audience for the content is 100x smaller, and the number of patrons/sponsors remains proportionally the same.

I was never able to sustain my open source work based on patronage, and content production is the same—just more expensive to maintain to any standard (each video takes between 10-300 hours to produce, and I have a family to feed, and US health insurance companies to fund).

Just cross post to both Peertube and YouTube?

[–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Where do you even find good content on peertube? It doesn't have an algorithm that promotes the best videos :c

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I'm having trouble with that too. Maybe we should all start posting videos of cool stuff so it will take off.

[–] Jayb151@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Agreed. I find pretty much all of YouTube's open source competitors have content that is primarily tech nerds and hot Russian ladies.

[–] helmet91@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair, YouTube doesn't have an algorithm that promotes the best videos, either. For quite some time now, it just promotes garbage.

[–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My homepage is still pretty decent.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago

Same here. And my current account isn't even old either. I seem to be able to control my algorithm really well. Any hint if something I'm not interested in I just be diligent clicking "Not interested".