YouTube's New Hue

Post by dlikren » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 5:26 AM UTC

CrimsonCape wrote: post #96

An ad interrupted my video today, it was Tom Hanks in a podcast talking about his prostate. The ad was (not so obviously) AI generated; both an AI clone of his voice and an AI-generated face-swap/ lip replacement. This seemed pretty surprising because it was fairly convincing. He looks like he is saying the dialog of the ad. It's surprising because there's no way the creator of the ad got Hanks' approval to use his l…

Post by Hamuko » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 5:30 AM UTC

Matthyze wrote: post #99

getnormality wrote: post #90

Reminds me of the infamous Pepsi logo redesign: https://www.goldennumber.net/wp-content/uploads/pepsi-arnell...

That's insane. How did this ever get approved?

Post by userbinator » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 5:35 AM UTC

TheDong wrote: post #110

cpeterso wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did no one at Google read this blog post on an iPhone before publishing?

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Post by silversmith » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 5:37 AM UTC

jszymborski wrote: post #50

exogen wrote: post #10

A comment I made when I started noticing the magenta gradient at the end of the progress bar: it's a bit anxiety-inducing for those who remember needing to degauss their monitors, because it looks almost exactly like when you mess up a CRT with a magnet. (Aside from that: not a fan, it makes the chrome of the video player more distracting.)

I know I sound silly and dumb for feeling so strongly about something so small, but the gradient really gets on my nerves. It is indeed so subtle as to make it feel like something is wrong with the display, but not subtle enough that I don't notice it _every time_. Similarly, the "glow" they introduced a while back makes it feel like I'm getting the worlds worst backlight bleed. Mercifully I use FreeTube to watch You…

Post by pockmarked19 » Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 5:42 AM UTC

ein0p wrote: post #75

mrbonner wrote: post #67

Ha! My first reaction from this article is that someone is up for the next promotion cycle.

Same. The gradient is ugly and unnecessary IMO. Looks like discoloration, especially in the progress bar. But hey, if the promo committee likes it, what's a couple billion users between friends?