To ensure availability and resilience against censorship or shutdowns, Invidious can be accessed through various independent instances. This means if one instance goes down or is blocked in your region, you can easily switch to another.
These projects demonstrate that platform APIs are not the only way to access public data. They force platforms to either tolerate privacy-respecting access or actively block it—and blocking often generates negative PR.
From a user’s perspective:
To ensure availability and resilience against censorship or shutdowns, Invidious can be accessed through various independent instances. This means if one instance goes down or is blocked in your region, you can easily switch to another.
These projects demonstrate that platform APIs are not the only way to access public data. They force platforms to either tolerate privacy-respecting access or actively block it—and blocking often generates negative PR. invidious site
From a user’s perspective:
