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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Just checked, invidious is still safe. Relatedly, I hate that every decision that pushed me away from youtube has also brought youtube closer to having positive cash flow. Enshitification flusters me.
And on Android, Clipious works with Invidious. Not as nice as Libretube, but at least it will circumvent this bs should the need be.
You also can yt-dlp with invidious, sponsorblock, and “subscribe” using rss feeds. Once downloaded, you can then load it on your phone via usb if you want to go through the trouble…
I recently tried Invidious for the first time, and I wasn’t able to select any video quality above 720p. Has it always been like that?
Did you try other instances? Some instances disable higher resolutions to try to balance their network bandwidth, others don’t do that but will not be able to send you the content because their bandwidth is exhausted by their users. Some others can keep up with the load, and there are also lesser used ones.
Also, this might apply only if you have enabled proxying videos. You can turn that off in the settings (stored in cookies, so make sure they are allowed)
you need to change the “Preferred video quality” in the preferences to “DASH (adaptive quality)”, then you’ll be able to pick higher resolution.
Try this link from OP via invidious. I’m not having any luck https://youtu.be/OtN4H4jQx2M
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/OtN4H4jQx2M
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.