Zuck Sucks
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YouTube is killing itself with its own algorithms. The wonderful, wild wackiness of YouTube was being able to wade through the dross and find those bits that were truly unique and interesting.
Now, it's no more than a morass like Twitter, with the same people doing the same things, with the same people agreeing or disagreeing, while the vast majority of humanity doesn't give a damn if the whole thing disappeared in a whimpering electronic burst.
@Jolly said in Zuck Sucks:
YouTube is killing itself with its own algorithms. The wonderful, wild wackiness of YouTube was being able to wade through the dross and find those bits that were truly unique and interesting.
Now, it's no more than a morass like Twitter, with the same people doing the same things, with the same people agreeing or disagreeing, while the vast majority of humanity doesn't give a damn if the whole thing disappeared in a whimpering electronic burst.
What's completely screwed them, though, is that they forgot who made the platform worth checking out in the first place. Many, many video makers are either jumping ship outright, making moves to, or treating YT as storage management only. You might be pissed as a user, but so are the uploaders. It's failing.
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@Jolly said in Zuck Sucks:
YouTube is killing itself with its own algorithms. The wonderful, wild wackiness of YouTube was being able to wade through the dross and find those bits that were truly unique and interesting.
Now, it's no more than a morass like Twitter, with the same people doing the same things, with the same people agreeing or disagreeing, while the vast majority of humanity doesn't give a damn if the whole thing disappeared in a whimpering electronic burst.
What's completely screwed them, though, is that they forgot who made the platform worth checking out in the first place. Many, many video makers are either jumping ship outright, making moves to, or treating YT as storage management only. You might be pissed as a user, but so are the uploaders. It's failing.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Zuck Sucks:
It's failing.
I think that might be over-stating it a tad. It's still the most visited site on the net.
I was only joking
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Zuck Sucks:
It's failing.
I think that might be over-stating it a tad. It's still the most visited site on the net.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Zuck Sucks:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Zuck Sucks:
It's failing.
I think that might be over-stating it a tad. It's still the most visited site on the net.
It's not overstating anything. I'm talking about trajectory, not status. So, you're right for now. But they need to make moves or face some serious decline.
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I probably watch YouTube more than any single TV channel.
Yeah yeah, I know, OK boomer. My son probably watches it more than any other channel, too, and he's connected to all kinds of shit I know nothing about.
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I probably watch YouTube more than any single TV channel.
Yeah yeah, I know, OK boomer. My son probably watches it more than any other channel, too, and he's connected to all kinds of shit I know nothing about.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Zuck Sucks:
I probably watch YouTube more than any single TV channel.
Yeah yeah, I know, OK boomer. My son probably watches it more than any other channel, too, and he's connected to all kinds of shit I know nothing about.
I'm on it a lot, I've had to make shit for it, and know a handful of folks who made it a full-time gig. Those folks, by the way, were more than fine before, but all of them are making alternative plans now. Not one feels confident about the future on that platform.
Please love yourself.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Zuck Sucks:
I probably watch YouTube more than any single TV channel.
Yeah yeah, I know, OK boomer. My son probably watches it more than any other channel, too, and he's connected to all kinds of shit I know nothing about.
I'm on it a lot, I've had to make shit for it, and know a handful of folks who made it a full-time gig. Those folks, by the way, were more than fine before, but all of them are making alternative plans now. Not one feels confident about the future on that platform.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Zuck Sucks:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Zuck Sucks:
I probably watch YouTube more than any single TV channel.
Yeah yeah, I know, OK boomer. My son probably watches it more than any other channel, too, and he's connected to all kinds of shit I know nothing about.
I'm on it a lot, I've had to make shit for it, and know a handful of folks who made it a full-time gig. Those folks, by the way, were more than fine before, but all of them are making alternative plans now. Not one feels confident about the future on that platform.
To be honest, I don't really care. If it goes the way of Netscape and Yahoo, so be it. There'll always be another site.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Zuck Sucks:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Zuck Sucks:
I probably watch YouTube more than any single TV channel.
Yeah yeah, I know, OK boomer. My son probably watches it more than any other channel, too, and he's connected to all kinds of shit I know nothing about.
I'm on it a lot, I've had to make shit for it, and know a handful of folks who made it a full-time gig. Those folks, by the way, were more than fine before, but all of them are making alternative plans now. Not one feels confident about the future on that platform.
To be honest, I don't really care. If it goes the way of Netscape and Yahoo, so be it. There'll always be another site.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Zuck Sucks:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Zuck Sucks:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Zuck Sucks:
I probably watch YouTube more than any single TV channel.
Yeah yeah, I know, OK boomer. My son probably watches it more than any other channel, too, and he's connected to all kinds of shit I know nothing about.
I'm on it a lot, I've had to make shit for it, and know a handful of folks who made it a full-time gig. Those folks, by the way, were more than fine before, but all of them are making alternative plans now. Not one feels confident about the future on that platform.
To be honest, I don't really care. If it goes the way of Netscape and Yahoo, so be it. There'll always be another site.
I'm looking forward to it, actually.
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I signed up for YouTube Premium, to get rid of advertisements. YouTube is my most-watched video channel/platform. I may be the only one here who has a YouTube Premium subscription.
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I signed up for YouTube Premium, to get rid of advertisements. YouTube is my most-watched video channel/platform. I may be the only one here who has a YouTube Premium subscription.
@Axtremus I've been tempted.
All ads on all platforms are stopped (regardless of device)?
What's the cost - too lazy to look it up.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I signed up for YouTube Premium, to get rid of advertisements. YouTube is my most-watched video channel/platform. I may be the only one here who has a YouTube Premium subscription.
@Axtremus said in Zuck Sucks:
I signed up for YouTube Premium, to get rid of advertisements. YouTube is my most-watched video channel/platform. I may be the only one here who has a YouTube Premium subscription.
I have one. My favorite feature is that the video's sound keeps playing when my phone is on the lock screen.
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@Axtremus I've been tempted.
All ads on all platforms are stopped (regardless of device)?
What's the cost - too lazy to look it up.
@George-K said in Zuck Sucks:
@Axtremus I've been tempted.
All ads on all platforms are stopped (regardless of device)?
What's the cost - too lazy to look it up.
Yes, no ads on all platforms, provided you're signed in with the right Google account for which you have subscribed to Premium. $12/month if you sign up with Google directly via a web browser. (More expensive if you try to sign up via an iOS app because Google jacks up the price there to make up for the cut that Apple Inc. insists on taking for all purchases made through Apple's platform.)
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I found my ad blocker keeps most youtube ads away, which is nice. However when I watch youtube on my TV the ads are there.
We did subscribe to YouTube Music a few months ago since we listen to songs/music on our Google Home all the time, especially during dinner (and @LuFins-Dad you should know it's 90% Encanto or Moana songs), so it was nice to remove those ads between songs.
