Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Since some monthes, most of invidious instance returns an error saying they are blocked or something similar. I access them via farside.link
Describe the solution you'd like
I understod this happens because youtube doesnt allow cloud-ips to download anymore.
I think an alternative is if each client could opt-in to be a small server in the network, instead of relying on invidious central servers, which often gets blocked by youtube.
Thus, I would propose that each person who would like to help would be able of logging in to youtube in a way which is not blocked, and while the person downloads the video, automatically the person becomes a supplier of the video, probably in a torrent-like, magnet links or some other P2P way.
In this way, invidious servers are not overloaded providing the videos, and everyone can serve the network even if they dont have a big server at home.
Describe alternatives you've considered
People could have their own servers at home, but its too much of a burden. Better would be if each client is also a small server, maybe a torrent server/seed.
unixfox
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3 days ago
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Since some monthes, most of invidious instance returns an error saying they are blocked or something similar. I access them via farside.link
Describe the solution you'd like I understod this happens because youtube doesnt allow cloud-ips to download anymore.
I think an alternative is if each client could opt-in to be a small server in the network, instead of relying on invidious central servers, which often gets blocked by youtube.
Thus, I would propose that each person who would like to help would be able of logging in to youtube in a way which is not blocked, and while the person downloads the video, automatically the person becomes a supplier of the video, probably in a torrent-like, magnet links or some other P2P way.
In this way, invidious servers are not overloaded providing the videos, and everyone can serve the network even if they dont have a big server at home.
Describe alternatives you've considered People could have their own servers at home, but its too much of a burden. Better would be if each client is also a small server, maybe a torrent server/seed.