[email protected] wrote:
dude use minitube simple as that
I'm aware of how to get to YouTube videos without visiting the site in the typical fashion. That's not the point.
Such workarounds ignore the speaker's request, the reasons for that request, and how most people will use YouTube. Most people get a YouTube link and visit the site by clicking the link. Those users will end up visiting the site and taking on nonfree Javascript programs, being asked to install nonfree software (and probably installing it), and needlessly working with patent-encumbered file formats for which there are formats that favor Free Software.
I think it would be better for people to upload their videos to their own websites and/or sites that will help transcode to formats that favor Free Software such as archive.org. This would abide by the speaker's request and simultaneously allow us to break dependency on sites that don't treat users well.
