Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow

YouTube Premium is the best $10 I spend per month. Nowhere else can I consistently find the sort of niche content that interests me.

Next in Ofcom’s authoritarian sights: YouTube.

Long long time ago buddy, I ditched TV 15+ years ago, can't even remember exactly when.

I only buy large monitors and mount them on my wall.

At first I only watched selfhosted media, but last 8 years it's been more and more Youtube. I'm not too happy about it, would like to wean myself off it.

I'm speaking from my own perspective here but scripted media is something I only watch socially, if my partner wants to watch with me. And I end up on my computer trying to type softly next to them.

All scripted media just seems so predictable now, I'm like Stan in that one South Park episode lol.

It also seems manipulative. I can see how a lot of shows just milk the story for more episodes until they can't milk it anymore. It doesn't seem genuine anymore, maybe it never was? Ratings have always existed, in my lifetime.

But the point is that the only newly produced content I watch is just regular people. One example is Antiques Roadshow, it's boring, maybe even "slow" TV, but it's real people. I much prefer watching real people than characters.

Something that really bugs me now is live action characters, I'd actually prefer cartoon characters. Because everything is so unreal and over the top, it might as well be a cartoon.

youtube is good when there's adblockers

Ofcom emitting anti-social media statements shouldn't surprise anyone at this point. There is an ongoing EU-wide war against uncensored communication channels in the form of chat control, age verification, and anti anonymity. All to Protect The Children, of course.