Just wondering: is there a service where you can replace the domain of a YouTube URL with, that will automatically redirect you to a random, well-running Invidious or Piped instance? That way we automatically spread out the load to more instances.
Same question for other Alternative Client projects like Nitter for Twitter, Teddit & Libreddit for Reddit, ScribeRip for Medium, etc?
Example: I want to be able to take https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and turn it into something like https://altclient.to/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and then have that URL redirect to any one of the popular Invidious or Piped clients, like https://yewtu.be/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ or https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I’m aware of LibRedirect, but it’s a browser extension for a single user. I want to be able to post a URL, say on Lemmy, and have it auto-redirect to a random instance for everyone that clicks in it. My main goal is to help balance out the load on all the instances so the most popular one isn’t just swamped with requests while all the others are basically never used.
If there isn’t, I might just build it. Shouldn’t be too hard.
In F-Droid there’s an app called UntrackMe which will convert YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Wiki, Instagram, GMaps & TikTok links to there more security/privacy focused alternatives which you can select from a host of options for each. I really enjoy it.
I installed UntrackMe thanks to your comment and I am in heaven. I did not realize I needed UntrackMe, but I really cannot function without UntrackMe now. An amazing app. Thank you.
Glad you found it useful, after rereading the post I realized UntrackMe would just work personally and not for OP’s question. But stoked to hear it helped someone nonetheless!
