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Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by bluGill »

bromuro wrote: post #568
bluGill wrote: post #115

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Turn off watch history. That disables the homepage. Which in turn means you only see things you directly link to, or things you have subscribed to (after going to the subscriptions page).

Yet the app is so bad that after switching to the iOS home screen, it forgets the video you were watching and goes back to the home page. History at least allows you to find it again and continue watching. I don’t care about their “imposed” suggestions either , so it’s about choosing the less shitty experience.

I have learned to use newpipe on my phone. But I use android and fdroid. I don't know how to work on ios

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Post by spartanatreyu »

333c wrote: post #504
parsimo2010 wrote: post #500

Obviously the model at the end of the post is a joke, but it implies that after September 2026 there will be negative videos on the screen. What does it even mean to be a negative video? There will be videos, but mirrored? There will be videos but the colors will be reversed? Will they play backwards? Is a negative video where multiple ads overlap each other?

I think a negative video is a requirement that you upload one before you may continue

"Please turn on your webcam for 10 seconds and spin around to prove you're human (i.e. help train our models), to continue."

Re: Someone at YouTube needs glasses

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Post by spartanatreyu »

vinnymac wrote: post #44

I can't speak for the desktop experience lately, but just last weekend I opened the YouTube app on iOS to this peak user experience: https://files.catbox.moe/vzo65c.JPG

Apple will need to make the modal backgrounds animated and customised with each user's background image to make these fake popups more obvious.

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

encrypted_bird wrote: post #565
eastbound wrote: post #445

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Couple this with the no-bezel iPhones, and there is no way to hold your phone without touching the screen and accelerating the video (or clicking on ads).

Serious question as I use an Android device, but do people not purchase cases for iphones? I use an Otterbox case for my phone and it gives it a bezel (though the phone might have had one to begin with—I don't remember).

People do, but they shouldn't have to purchase a case to have their phone correctly. I have never purchased a case for a phone and have no intention to start, myself.

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Post by veonik »

adolph wrote: post #493
morsch wrote: post #440

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YMMV. If I trigger autoplay, it's almost always on purpose, and I tend to read the subtitles. Jumping into the video right where I was works well for me! Losing my position would be very annoying.

Also you can preview the video without taking an ad hit. Clearly the stable genius behind previews has left some revenue on the table.

Shh

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Post by alterom »

naikrovek wrote: post #569
abirch wrote: post #556

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If I don’t, there are 100 other people who would do it

Tell your product owners that they should actually use the product they’re owning. And not just use it, but be a power user of that tool. Not a professional user, not a casual user; use the tool at least six hours a day. I use YouTube 6+ hours a day and I have for probably 10 years, and I don’t even work there. (I have a few annoying personality limitations which make it so that I usually work better with YouTube on…

>Tell your product owners that they should actually use the product they’re owning

I did. Not that anyone listened tho.

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Post by davidg707 »

What bugs me is that often several of the videos will be things that I've already watched and it somehow forgets that. Or it shows videos that it's shown me again and again and again and I'm not clicking on because I'm not interested.

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Post by bschwindHN »

behringer wrote: post #519
kevincox wrote: post #463

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I call these features "dead birds" because they remind me of gifts that an outdoor cat will leave on your doorstep. They took quite the effort to do and were made with good intention, but ultimately I don't want them.

Careful there are programmers here watching. Pretend to like the bird.

All the "The opinions stated here are my own, not necessarily those of my employer" googlers are silent.
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