>Probably wouldn't be difficult to find
>video URLs there and make them work with
>a video downloader.
That might be possible but I lack the skills and knowledge to do so.
I was "just" testing a lot of my favourite websites with the various Flash
replacements / alternatives available and most of those combinations failed.
If someone is skilled enough I would be willing to test though.
>Asking doesn't seem as effective.
At least not to my knowledge. If they reply at all you mostly get a standard
mail saying something like "Thanks for your feedback ! We will reconsider you
input. It will be forwarded to the responsible department. *bla bla bla*"
Well, at least I tried....
>Would prefer a decentralized solution.
/me too. Something which combines open standards (HTML5, WebM) with available
tools. In example: A decentralized meta catalogue which is searchable and
holds the informations related to each video (Description, available format,
Category). Distribution could then simply be done via Torrent. I did not want
to sound disruptive but point out that it is not easy to replace Youtube with
the Google infrastructure in the background.
