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

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

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Post by ChrisRR »

beejiu wrote: post #16

Because you can't get doomlooped into right-wing podcasts and "citizen journalism" on the TV. Sample quotes from men in the study: "Who tells me what's right and what's wrong... is it true or is it not true? Some of the things on YouTube are independent. I find I would listen to them more, because they're on the ground. They're telling you the story. " "If you see something on social media, whether you believe it or…

Those quotes read like the quotes you'd read from someone's facebook after they've committed an atrocity

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

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Post by twobitshifter »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #3
gradus_ad wrote: post #2

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

I prefer newpipe for $0/mo

I mean it’s just $10. People are making livelihoods based off from YouTube. I get not liking ads, but if you have the option to go ad free for a low cost, why not do it? Do you pay for any of Netflix, Paramount, AppleTV, etc.?

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

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Post by worldsayshi »

dominotw wrote: post #9
gradus_ad wrote: post #2

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

i judge ppl who dont have youtube premium as a not curious ppl :D

I find YT to be very sloppy nowadays. Not so much AI content as content that is over-optimized for clicks and revenue. 80% filler and maybe 20% substance.

I should probably de-algoify my YT experience.

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

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Post by StevenNunez »

cbdevidal wrote: post #28
thousand_nights wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nowhere near comparable experience if you want to seamlessly use your YT account across a TV + phone + computer i'd rather pay the $10 than pay with my time by being an ad-block whack-a-mole diagnostician

For those of us who are too cheap to pay the subscription: On my iPhone I almost never see YTube ads. I don’t use the YTube app and instead I install Chrome and watch YT that way. I lose notifications—which is perfect for me, since I don’t want many notifications on my phone anyway. This might also work in Safari but I haven’t tested it.

On Android, Firefox with sponsorblock. I do pay for Premium though. In since YouTube Red.

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

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Post by bonoboTP »

scrollop wrote: post #17
gradus_ad wrote: post #2

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

More channels are fighting for attention though, so finding more channels are "creating buzz" or "news" based on mediocre information ie. taking things out of context and making unwarranted conclusions or blowing things out of proportions for clickbait titles. "This changes everything!!" Getting youtube fatigue.

I heavily use the "Not interested" and the "Do not recommend this channel" options a lot and don't click on clickbait, and use the DeArrow extension, and this way my front page looks quite good.

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

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

thousand_nights wrote: post #11
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer newpipe for $0/mo

nowhere near comparable experience if you want to seamlessly use your YT account across a TV + phone + computer i'd rather pay the $10 than pay with my time by being an ad-block whack-a-mole diagnostician

It's not comparable, it's superior! The youtube app stinks! And I don't care about "seamlessly" using it across my devices.

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

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Post by nandomrumber »

scrollop wrote: post #17
gradus_ad wrote: post #2

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

More channels are fighting for attention though, so finding more channels are "creating buzz" or "news" based on mediocre information ie. taking things out of context and making unwarranted conclusions or blowing things out of proportions for clickbait titles. "This changes everything!!" Getting youtube fatigue.

That’s not an argument against the comment you responded to.

If I just took any random 20 creators I’m subscribed to on YouTube, the premium membership fee, which includes YT Music, is more valuable than any of the other streaming services.

The only other streaming service I’ve been a paying member even longer than YouTube is di.fm

I also occasionally pay for a few months or bassdrive.com and or soma.fm

For movies / series, I’m back to sharing.

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

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Post by frizlab »

twobitshifter wrote: post #32
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer newpipe for $0/mo

I mean it’s just $10. People are making livelihoods based off from YouTube. I get not liking ads, but if you have the option to go ad free for a low cost, why not do it? Do you pay for any of Netflix, Paramount, AppleTV, etc.?

I refuse to give google any cent (and I also do not use youtube at all, so at least I’m consistent).
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