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YouTube alternatives?
until it stops working, yt-dlp and jellyfin.
Wouldn't yt-dlp be forced to download the server-side ads, too?
hence the until it stops working, but even then it will likely get worked around for the most part.
There is software for commercial detection and removal from static MP4. That's not a hard problem to solve.
Odysee (they said no to ads recently)
Rumble, Peertube
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