[rroriz]

I'd like to complement this comment and suggest that this practice should be applied to links that may be blocked to a grand part of us, people that are behind a firewall.

[cmrx64]

There are also accessibility reasons for not being able to watch a video. Let alone dedicating the time to it.

[mhuffman]

There are also those that have limited bandwidth available, or very expensive bandwidth, where a video is a luxury.

[agumonkey]

Tried proxies ? I don't often use them but some rare times they're helpful https://www.proxfree.com/youtube-proxy.php

https://tx.proxfree.com/permalink.php?url=s54aaHA%2FaGsaD5vH...

Bonus : html player by default