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[–] Vroomfondel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey, @tfm@europe.pub, looks like your video link is a bit broken. Still, I could find the video "You're wasting money on Tech." by the infamous "Mrwhosetheboss. (Who in my humble opinion is a personification of cosumerism himself.) He definitely has some good points, albeit not new, about checking discounts tricks/options and alternative sources. Surely, I like the top comments saying "You can also save a lot by not buying in the first place" or "sailing the seven seas", which is much more in the spirit of this community. :D

[–] tfm@europe.pub 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The link is working fine for me. What error do you get?

[–] Vroomfondel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here on lemmy.ml, the preview only says "403 Forbidden". And after klicking the link, there was some strange "verification process" and the video only loaded on the second try.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah yewtu.be is often blocking automated requests. But it should always work on normal browser connections. Are you using a VPN?

[–] Vroomfondel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

hmm, no VPN in that moment. Likely just the way my browser or lemmy.ml interacts with yewtu.be, but no bother. In the end it was fine.