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Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by wkat4242 »

xbmcuser wrote: post #12

The amount of human knowledge available today on youtube I think nothing will ever come close as apart from formal knowledge we have millions of small hacks improvements that would probably not been written down but have been recorded. If you are dedicated enough today you can go from being a novice to being quite proficient in 100s of different things. And every day the knowledge keeps increasing as well as improvin…

I think there is much more information on the internet in written format though. Which I personally find a lot more accessible as well.

I always find video really slow and not very information dense, I don't have the patience for it. I get frustrated with the slow delivery whereas I can consume written text at my own speed. Skipping video works of course but I constantly have to "resync" my mind after a skip which happens automatically with written content. Written text can also be overly verbose and woolly but somehow I can scan through it even faster and summarise it without even thinking. It's really weird.

But it's great video exists for those who love it of course. And I think most people find video more easily accessible. I'm more of an outlier.

Fwiw I already stopped watching live TV many years ago :) All the ads, the endless game shows and talkshows with the celebs loving the sound of their own voices, no thanks.

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by wkat4242 »

evere wrote: post #35
lastofus wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are extensions to hide the Shorts. I’ve been using one for a month now and it’s been great.

There's no way to disable them in their mobile apps unfortunately without jumping through a couple hoops with something like a PiHole or using an alternative app on Android.

The alternative apps are great though. No ads, no tracking, included sponsorblock etc. I use libretube. Grayjay is also nice but a bit too commercial for me.

I don't use YouTube very often as I don't like the video format but sometimes I can't avoid it. And this makes it a lot more palatable.

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by toofy »

dacryn wrote: post #27
iancmceachern wrote: post #3

It's replaced what was traditional TV in our home. We watch movies, and youtube as if it were tv. Old TV is now either 24 hour garbage news, reality shows, or similar nonesense.

There are two modes of watching TV in my opinion: intentional and casual Intentional: look for a certain show/movie, e.g. the weekly episode of House MD, Lost, Friends, HBO, ... -> This is the streaming war between Netflix, HBO, Disney, ... Casual: You turn on the tv with the aim to just browse around and relax, and get something accidentally interesting/amusing -> Youtube is king and more or less the only option her…

omg nebula is incredible. i just subbed like 2 months ago and i feel like ive been guzzling from a firehouse.

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by pkamb »

spike021 wrote: post #33
electriclove wrote: post #16

I can’t stand how they shove YouTube Shorts down our throats and don’t give us a way to disable that. I am a huge fan of YouTube overall and have been happy to pay to have an ad-free experience

IMO what Instagram has done is worse. Reels every other post in the feed, reels in stories, reels specific tab. On top of all that, yesterday I wanted to post a 5 second video post, just a regular video post, of my dog doing something, and no matter what I did it insisted on posting it as a reel, even though at one point I cancelled the new post, went back to the "new post" view, made sure "post" not "reel" was selec…

Reels in the feed is what makes me hate modern IG. There’s already a Reels tab I never tap! I’m telling you something, please listen.

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by ReleaseCandidat »

wkat4242 wrote: post #41
xbmcuser wrote: post #12

The amount of human knowledge available today on youtube I think nothing will ever come close as apart from formal knowledge we have millions of small hacks improvements that would probably not been written down but have been recorded. If you are dedicated enough today you can go from being a novice to being quite proficient in 100s of different things. And every day the knowledge keeps increasing as well as improvin…

I think there is much more information on the internet in written format though. Which I personally find a lot more accessible as well. I always find video really slow and not very information dense, I don't have the patience for it. I get frustrated with the slow delivery whereas I can consume written text at my own speed. Skipping video works of course but I constantly have to "resync" my mind after a skip which ha…

> I always find video really slow and not very information dense

That always depends on the actual "information". Some stuff is "better" in written form, other things need audio and for other video is neccesary. Trivial thing is needing audio to e.g. hear music (yes, even if I can read musical notation) or pronunciation, intonation and accentuation of words or videos of physical "movement" in sports, crafts and art (dancing, theater,...).

But no, I wouldn't watch somebody programming for hours instead of reading about that either.

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by pkamb »

spiderice wrote: post #26
happytiger wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I won’t pay for YouTube as long as they keep trying to make Shorts happen. It’s everything I dislike about the Internet in one feature. Edit: Why would this get downvoted? Do people really find value in shorts?

> Do people really find value in shorts? Yes. Obviously. This is an absurd question.

People find value in TikTok, obviously, and Google wants part of that pie and is willing to degrade all of our YouTube experience in order to chase it.

But very unclear if anyone finds value in Shorts.

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by masteruvpuppetz »

xbmcuser wrote: post #12

The amount of human knowledge available today on youtube I think nothing will ever come close as apart from formal knowledge we have millions of small hacks improvements that would probably not been written down but have been recorded. If you are dedicated enough today you can go from being a novice to being quite proficient in 100s of different things. And every day the knowledge keeps increasing as well as improvin…

Finding the right videos is only the limiting factor. So many times I get frustrated and give up not finding what I'm looking for.

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by riffraff »

elcritch wrote: post #10

For now that is. I sort of hope someone more motivated than myself makes a timer for how long before the crappification* of YouTube begins now that it appears MBAs will be taking over. The new CEO probably has some gumption, but it seems inevitable. * of course this is subjective, but generally I can find lots of great YouTube content. I can buy premium to avoid the ads and become the client, not the product. 1: http…

Fwiw I think the commonly used term is "enshittification".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

Re: YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report

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Post by ssl-3 »

happytiger wrote: post #21
Jordan-117 wrote: post #19

I used to scoff at the idea of paying for YouTube, but I'd absolutely consider it if they had a cheaper plan that excluded YouTube Music.

I won’t pay for YouTube as long as they keep trying to make Shorts happen. It’s everything I dislike about the Internet in one feature. Edit: Why would this get downvoted? Do people really find value in shorts?

I'm not one of them, and clearly you're not one of them, but: Yes, some people do find value in things like YouTube Shorts.

And these people are real people.

(But complaining about downvotes is a sure-fire way to get downvotes -- even as far back as Slashdot, where such a complaint could only be levied pre-emptively or as a reply to oneself.)

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