YouTube is preparing to launch two subscription services

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Post by MarkTee » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 6:19 AM UTC

YouTube is preparing to launch two subscription services
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Re: YouTube is preparing to launch two subscription services

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Post by kybernetyk » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 10:51 AM UTC

Great. I hope they offer the option to turn off both annotations and comments by default.

Re: YouTube is preparing to launch two subscription services

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Post by dingaling » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 10:55 AM UTC

It will be interesting to see whether they enable filtering of search results to exclude or include the new subscription categories.

One frustrating aspect of YouTube today is the flat namespace, so if one's search terms coincide with the title of a popular song the results are a mess. Being able to exclude Music Key channel would be advantageous.

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Post by Ironlink » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 11:23 AM UTC

kybernetyk wrote: post #2

Great. I hope they offer the option to turn off both annotations and comments by default.

Annotations can already be disabled by default: https://www.youtube.com/account_playback

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Post by lucb1e » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 11:48 AM UTC

Ironlink wrote: post #4

kybernetyk wrote: post #2

Great. I hope they offer the option to turn off both annotations and comments by default.

Annotations can already be disabled by default: https://www.youtube.com/account_playback

If you have an account or store Google's tracking cookies.

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Post by Flow » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 11:55 AM UTC

Ironlink wrote: post #4

kybernetyk wrote: post #2

Great. I hope they offer the option to turn off both annotations and comments by default.

Annotations can already be disabled by default: https://www.youtube.com/account_playback

Those settings are reset at random. I don't know what triggers it. Really irritating with those bad defaults anyway.

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Post by fenomas » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 12:14 PM UTC

lucb1e wrote: post #5

Ironlink wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Annotations can already be disabled by default: https://www.youtube.com/account_playback

If you have an account or store Google's tracking cookies.

How would a website let you customize its default options without an account or cookies?

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Post by dagvl » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 12:26 PM UTC

fenomas wrote: post #7

lucb1e wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have an account or store Google's tracking cookies.

How would a website let you customize its default options without an account or cookies?

The could use a cookie with no tracking id for the default storage. Granted, it would just be for the specific device but there's nothing technical stopping them from making that option available.

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Post by Joona » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 12:29 PM UTC

Ironlink wrote: post #4

kybernetyk wrote: post #2

Great. I hope they offer the option to turn off both annotations and comments by default.

Annotations can already be disabled by default: https://www.youtube.com/account_playback

The option has never worked for me.

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Post by keeperofdakeys » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 12:32 PM UTC

dingaling wrote: post #3

It will be interesting to see whether they enable filtering of search results to exclude or include the new subscription categories. One frustrating aspect of YouTube today is the flat namespace, so if one's search terms coincide with the title of a popular song the results are a mess. Being able to exclude Music Key channel would be advantageous.

I've found using "site:youtube.com" on google can often improve the searching experience of youtube.