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More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

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Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

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I have a smart tv at home. And all its used for is YouTube (no-ad client) + a client for occasional movies. That's all it does. No live streaming. Everything I want to watch is on YouTube.

The TV shows that I am interested in watching are uploaded to YouTube by TV channels themselves.

Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

#82
This feels like an AI-written article. The name on the byline, Sarah Fielding, has posted 4 articles today already[0]. Her Twitter[1] does not have any posts after Jan 6, and none of her tweets link to Engadget articles. Her bio does list Engadget though (but her personal website does not![2]

This is the only 'evidence' provided, and it definitely doesn't match the claim in the headline.

> Nielsen, a market research company that's been reporting on TV viewing habits for decades, says that YouTube has been the number one service in streaming watch time for the last two years.

[0]https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/sarah-fielding-01/

[1]https://x.com/sarahfielding_?lang=en

[2]https://www.sarahpfielding.com/

Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

#83
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> yeah, don't know, it was just an example. People stream YouTube while doing other things (playing, working, coding) all the time. I didn't want to put too much focus on the "Let's Play" part, it was the first thing that came to my mind :) That'd be very distracting to me, programming is (usually) a deep focus thing for me, having moving pictures right next to where I work would lead me to getting nothing done :P In…

you might not be aware of things like LoFiGirl[1], which is especially designed for such a use-case and not distracting at all. In any case you could always just minimize the tab and listen, that wouldprobably also cound as "watching" in YouTube's statistics [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfKfPfyJRdk

Yeah, I am, proud listener since 2018 or something (used to be called ChilledCow IIRC), but I never have that in the foreground. I'd still find that distracting as it has movements (even if they're tiny), which my eyes seems to be unnaturally attracted to.

Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

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post #20

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What are "sleep sounds"? Like sounds of others sleeping? Do you experience silence anything during the day or any other time? I couldn't imagine having sounds while trying to sleep, it's my quiet time when I can fully focus on what's inside my head, and outside sounds tend to be distracting. But still interesting how we all are very different, no right or wrong :)

I throw on video game let's plays or long form retrospectives. If I'm left to myself, I'll end up keeping myself awake thinking about stuff. Funny enough, I usually spend more time picking what to sleep to than I actually spend awake once it starts playing. Most times I'm dead asleep within the first minute or two after spending five minutes making selections. If it goes quiet, I wake up.

> If I'm left to myself, I'll end up keeping myself awake thinking about stuff

That's the best part of disconnecting and going to bed, being cozy in the darkness with nothing but your thoughts and emotions. Interesting that others try to avoid that, thanks for sharing :)

Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

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post #85

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I throw on video game let's plays or long form retrospectives. If I'm left to myself, I'll end up keeping myself awake thinking about stuff. Funny enough, I usually spend more time picking what to sleep to than I actually spend awake once it starts playing. Most times I'm dead asleep within the first minute or two after spending five minutes making selections. If it goes quiet, I wake up.

> If I'm left to myself, I'll end up keeping myself awake thinking about stuff That's the best part of disconnecting and going to bed, being cozy in the darkness with nothing but your thoughts and emotions. Interesting that others try to avoid that, thanks for sharing :)

> the best part

Depends on the type of thoughts that frequent your mind. Dozing off to sleep thinking about chatting with friends is quite different from worrying about your ailing family member. I assure you that the latter isn't something to look forward to for most people.

Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

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post #74

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Yes, the sounds of intense sleep apnea. Typically recording 4 or 5 people snoring overlaid into a harmony of sleep sound

Understandable! I have my wife to reproduce the same setup so I guess I'm lucky to not having to depend on extra technology for the same thing.

Completely off-grid, organic, no ads, completely private, no planned-obsolence, reproducible, reliable... the list goes on, lucky indeed!

Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

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post #74

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Understandable! I have my wife to reproduce the same setup so I guess I'm lucky to not having to depend on extra technology for the same thing.

Completely off-grid, organic, no ads, completely private, no planned-obsolence, reproducible, reliable... the list goes on, lucky indeed!

Maintenance costs tho.

Re: More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile

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post #20

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I turn it on at night and listen to 8-10 hours of sleep sounds.

What are "sleep sounds"? Like sounds of others sleeping? Do you experience silence anything during the day or any other time? I couldn't imagine having sounds while trying to sleep, it's my quiet time when I can fully focus on what's inside my head, and outside sounds tend to be distracting. But still interesting how we all are very different, no right or wrong :)

lawn mowers, fans, fireplaces, rippling creeks, waves, snow storms, rain storms, and weird hums at various wavelengths.
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