Ofcom is a disgrace to humanity. I guess this is an early signal that they plan to control how people use YouTube.
I think your disgrace-level calibration needs adjusting given everything else that's going on rn buddy.
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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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.?
> Do you pay for any of Netflix, Paramount, AppleTV, etc.?
No.
Edit: I do pay $5/mo for PBS
Re: Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow
#43YouTube 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 judge ppl who are brainwashed enough to pay for youtube premium and watch videos based on their thumbnails.
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#44Earlier 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 would prefer to pay that money to creators directly than to pay it to an adtech firm and trust that they'll dole it out fairly.
Re: Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow
#45YouTube Premium is the best $10 I spend per month. Nowhere else can I consistently find the sort of niche content that interests me.
uBlock origin + SponsorBlock has a much better price to performance ratio imo.
Re: Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow
#46Youtube charges $10 per month and doesn't produce a single video. It's an amazing money maker for them and the only media subscription i pay for (to avoid ads on TVs). They should quit it with the Shorts though, nobody likes those
> Youtube charges $10 per month and doesn't produce a single video
It is different from Netflix (that pays upfront for production costs), but there's of course a revenue share + the bulk of the revenue for creators is actually from sponsorships (which YT doesn't take a share of).
Re: Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow
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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.
YT is huge, and there is plenty of good stuff. You just need to subscribe to good channels that are not so easy to find. And block the clickbait channels when they appear.
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#48Re: Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow
#49The thing is very simple: when watching TV I need to adjust my schedule to the shows I'd like to watch. With youtube (or any streaming platform), I can see them whenever I want, the platform adapts to my schedule. Of course there are some exceptions, for example when I want to watch my national football team, I'd like to watch it live. Luckily, that won't be a problem anymore this year (Italy).
I don’t think the schedule argument is a strong one these days. DVRs have been around for decades now, and built into satellite and cable services too. In fact, some TVs even have DVR functionality built in.
What annoys me is when streaming services release shows on a weekly basis. Which makes them just as inconvenient to watch as traditional broadcasting.
Re: Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow
#50Youtube charges $10 per month and doesn't produce a single video. It's an amazing money maker for them and the only media subscription i pay for (to avoid ads on TVs). They should quit it with the Shorts though, nobody likes those
They get paid to display ads, and they get paid to hide ads. What a fantastic business model.
I'm also in the same bucket, happy to pay my subscription.