Public Service Announcement: you may have problems today with the YouTube alternative frontends Invidious/Piped due to intentional blocking from the mothership (Google).

If you are experiencing difficulties, you have the following options linked on the error page:

• refresh the page
• use another instance

Otherwise, you can visit YouTube directly merely by changing the server address (in bold) from …

https://example.invidious.server/watch?v=lInKeDv1D3o

…to…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lInKeDv1D3o

As already mentioned in an earlier post, a third option is installing the browser add-on LibRedirect, available for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers. LibRedirect will redirect Youtube/Invidious/Piped servers but also Reddit, TikTok and a plethora of fun, time-wasting yet privacy-invading websites.

Yours truly,
r²