I think that the image you paint is quite dystopian, I do not think you are very far off though. It looks to me that our billionaires and governments in the west are intent on creating the future all the science fiction authors warned us about.

A perfect diagnosis.

Colour me suprised.

Spot on. It also doesn’t claim to to offer anonymity, there are other apps for that.

This is one of the worst abuses of power I have seen. I hope it goes well for PA

True true, just pointing it out as I thought it was more recent.

This is From 03/03/2026

Not exactly sure what the end goal is. To get YouTube content but not pay? YouTube is free at the point of use. There are great adblockers like ublock Origin and SponsorBlock that can be used on mobile (android) devices and web browsers to rid yourself of ads.

There are resources available to download YouTube videos and save a ‘local copy’ like yt-dl. This is only practical for selected videos. For education purposes of course.

The main issue is that there is a huge volume of YouTube content though. Like 8 hours per second. That becomes prohibitively expensive and impractical.

Not that I am suggesting you use these tools :)

There are alternatives like peer tube that is decentralised, some leftist creaters are on meanstv.

EDIT: spelling and clarifying

I wonder why so many are putting their lives at risk to make this crossing. cannot think of any reason for the life of me

Got board and stated reading the controversial comments. The mental gymnastics here are just… so much defensiveness for something that was clear at the time. Even back then.