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YouTube Just Ate TV. It's Only Getting Started

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Post by majora2007 »

wilg wrote: post #125
mouse_ wrote: post #10

I swear to God, I can't go three clicks on YouTube without seeing a recommended video like "BASED Trump OWNS woke moralist!" Every time I see anything like that, I'm always clicking not interested, don't recommend channel, etc. But it doesn't help. I would think it's something to do with my searches, or someone in my household watching this sort of content behind my back, but if you look at the front page of YouTube…

I never see anything like this and I would definitely notice. I use YouTube constantly and am very liberal. Worst I get is the occasional JRE I have to swat away.

I'm constantly being pushed hard left or hard right videos. I am subbed to nothing political and while I've watched a few before, no matter how much "Not interested" or "Dont recommend channel" I've done, I consistently get pushed these videos.

Personally drives me off the platform, but hard since my subs are so unique and great.

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Post by tmaly »

INTPenis wrote: post #7

In my circle, piracy is making a comeback. We're tired of having to hunt down streaming services, and be extorted for hundreds of euro a month, just to see ads for their own programs. Streaming was fun for a while, but as always these greedy execs are ruining it.

I love paying the extra for Paramount+ on Amazon Prime to avoid the ads only to find out that does not include Paramount ads.

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Post by Izkata »

ac29 wrote: post #68
softwaredoug wrote: post #21

My personal theory on this is prestige TV is in a recession. After Game of thrones season 8, people wonder why they should invest into a show when there’s a high chance it won’t pay off. Even for a good show it can feel like work. That plus the high cost for studios and over abundance of supply, meant studios pulled back. Instead we’re seeing a reemergence of low effort TV. And YouTube plays nicely into that. At some…

> After Game of thrones season 8, people wonder why they should invest into a show when there’s a high chance it won’t pay off. GoT was going downhill way before the final season. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by investing in a show. TV watching should be enjoyable, you dont have to watch things you dont like hoping for a payoff later on.

Being "invested in a show" is using "invested" in a slightly different sense than monetary investments. It's not hoping for a payoff later, it means the show has already caught your attention and you actively want to see the next episode, that you're excited for it.

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Post by pllbnk »

benbristow wrote: post #18
INTPenis wrote: post #7

In my circle, piracy is making a comeback. We're tired of having to hunt down streaming services, and be extorted for hundreds of euro a month, just to see ads for their own programs. Streaming was fun for a while, but as always these greedy execs are ruining it.

Too many services nowadays. Was fine when it was just Netflix, had mostly everything, no ads, full quality. Nowadays Netflix price has gone up, additional plans for 4K/no-ads, anti-account sharing and less content as content now has gone to Amazon/Disney+/Hulu/Discovery+/Paramount+/Peacock/HBO etc. etc. Even if you subscribed to them all you'd still not have everything. Sailing the seas, you get everything for free o…

Too many services is a good problem to have in a regular market. The problem is the accessibility and fragmentation of content. If all services had the same content, they would have to compete on the features, price and performance, which would be a healthy form of competition.

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Post by moi2388 »

Tadpole9181 wrote: post #111
benbristow wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are you simping for the shareholders? I should have the choice of anything I want to watch. The unethical option provides all and is cheaper than a subscription for a single one of those services. Besides, those services often make it difficult to unsubscribe with dark patterns.

And why are you acting like you have a right to unlimited access of all content made, regardless of the economics, for $20 a month at the highest quality of service through one platform? Things cost money, that's the world we live in. You don't have to like it, but it is what it is. The unethical option is actually illegal and, as more people do it, only game theories everyone else into having to pay more. Feel free…

I do have the right to do this. In my country downloading isn’t illegal, only uploading is. And rightfully so.

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Post by akimbostrawman »

Workaccount2 wrote: post #54
benbristow wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SmartTube on Android TV. Brilliant, makes YouTube usable, Sponsorblock baked in.

I don't understand why you wouldn't just get yt premium. You get the same features and it pays out well. YouTube premium views are like gold nuggets for creators.

"I don't understand why you wouldn't just give the platform that continually gets worse your money for a slightly less worse experience"

I can't believe anybody who did not start using youtube yesterday would ever consider rewarding them. The sheer amount of overwhelmingly negative and widely disliked shit they do every single year for the last decade is staggering.

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Post by giancarlostoro »

ac29 wrote: post #58
giancarlostoro wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just let me buy an MP4 legally for $5 and I will buy every movie.

Hell, I'd be happy to pay full price to have this option. All my devices run Linux and apparently there is no amount of money that will let me stream paid content above 480p.

Hell, sell me BluRays that just contain an "unprotected" MP4 file in them, and I'll pay a little extra if I'm allowed to copy it as much as I want. I promise I wont share my files with anyone else, unless they're over my house to watch a movie together. I would go back to buying movies.

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Post by bacchusracine »

plastic_bag wrote: post #151
fxtentacle wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe we'll soon see another round of "piracy as a paid service", just like Napster and the beginnings of Spotify.

That never went away. You still have tons of debrid services.

Shhhhhhhh....

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Post by tguedes »

Gigachad wrote: post #133
softwaredoug wrote: post #21

My personal theory on this is prestige TV is in a recession. After Game of thrones season 8, people wonder why they should invest into a show when there’s a high chance it won’t pay off. Even for a good show it can feel like work. That plus the high cost for studios and over abundance of supply, meant studios pulled back. Instead we’re seeing a reemergence of low effort TV. And YouTube plays nicely into that. At some…

YouTube has a ton of decent effort content. Like it’s not nearly as expensive as traditional TV episodes but it’s not total slop. I can watch hour long videos of people building impressive projects, engineering products, performing interesting tests, etc. The kind of content you never would have got on traditional TV.

Do you have recommendations? I've been struggling to find a good one since Outdoor Boys shut down.
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