This dude is so smart but has literally the worst vibes I just can’t stand him for no reason lmfao
For visibility, here is a list of ways around youtube ads the video was supposedly banned for mentioning:
Desktop:
- https://freetubeapp.io/
- https://github.com/LibreTubeApp/LibreTube
- https://github.com/yattee/yattee
- https://invidious.io/
- Apparently searching for a youtube url in Bing.com and clicking on the thumbnail gives you the video with no ads
Android:
I personally use Freetube and think it’s great
The fact Louis had to disable comments on that video tells a lot 😄
No way this wasn’t calculated by LTT.
Although I agree that this content should be up on YT, I wouldn’t be surprised if LLT were well aware that this was a high risk video that could get struck down.
I hate conspiratorial thinking, but LLT is likely to benefit from this attention, and they have a history prioritizing subscriber counts over getting useful information into the hands of people.
I’d bet dollars to donuts it was planned. They’re all about views, sponsors, and subs. The “info” they publish is hack at best. They’re entertaining at times but it’s just that, entertainment, not tech news.
They have a separate channel for tech news. They also have a several hours long podcast style show on Fridays that focus on recapping the week’s tech news.
They also write and shoot videos weeks ahead of publication. Day and date news just isn’t the focus of the main LTT channel.
Had suspicions with Rossman involved and a quick check of the ltt subreddit means I both need a shower and likely know why it was delisted:
The issue isn’t “how to live without google”. Plenty of those videos exist
The issue is encouraging people to use third party apps that violate the TOS and let you watch youtube without ads. That is not “living without google”. That is “You should ‘steal’ from google”
But honestly, not surprising. Rossman has pretty much always been on the “Fuck em, just pirate it” side of things for better or for worse.
Whereas LMG are still desparate to get back their viewership after all the harassment and incompetence accusations. So nothing better to make people think the company that encourages its users to advocate against warranties is pro-consumer than to pick a pointless fight with google. Which has the added benefit of advertising floatplane (see also: gun youtubers hamming it up over what youtube will let them do to advertise Ian McCollum’s latest side hustle).
