I have a slightly similar frustration; Netflix, Disney et al requiring me to figure out the name of the film by deciphering the poster. I don’t know how this passes any kind of accessibility testing.
Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled
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#632I used to pay for YouTube premium. I stopped doing that, uninstalled the apps, and now use it through the browser with adblockers. (Yes, on my phone and iPad.) It works so well I’ve gotten at least half a dozen neighbours to do the same. If you haven’t tried it, it’s a definitive step up in UX.
I would genuinely like to understand this perspective. Ads or paying for premium is how the underlying business makes money. The UX might suck but you have a choice - you can just not watch YouTube. The approach you describe (which i understand is a popular one) is equivalent to justifying robbing a store because their prices are too high.
YouTube is the content, not the box.
You might like the content, but you don’t pay for a shit box anyways.
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It's not your responsibility. That's why Google makes you do it (pay or watch ads). Otherwise they can't pay creators and if they don't get paid then you don't get content you like to watch. Lose lose. So I'd say they kinda figured it out.
Google does not make me do it, I am free to mute the ad and look away. I don't have to watch ads, that is my choice.
If you want to be pedantic: "Google adds video pre-roll ad during which you are likely to see it"
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#634Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not your responsibility. That's why Google makes you do it (pay or watch ads). Otherwise they can't pay creators and if they don't get paid then you don't get content you like to watch. Lose lose. So I'd say they kinda figured it out.
> Otherwise they can't pay creators > In 2024 the company made a revenue of $350.01 Billion USD
YouTube made THAT much money? Cool tho I want to know sources.
Now assuming that let's check how much it costs to host/recode/stream stuff. How dare companies want to profit right?
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What's crazy is that I can't turn them off for my children. I complain about it to Google. They ignore it. They couldn't possibly give a shit. I should probably complain to my congressman. Who also won't do shit even if they actually give a shit.
You could just not let your kids go on YouTube. There's a long history of people not using it. Most people today don't use it.
YouTube has a lot of really positive educational content. I have learned so much from it. For instance, I was able to learn photography from it. Yes it’s still social media in a way, but the benefits can really outweigh the drawbacks with proper use.
Shorts as a whole are incredibly addictive and have a much lower benefit to drawback ratio. Parents should be able to make this cost/benefit decision for their kids. I wish I could turn them off for myself. I settled on only using YouTube on my laptop because shorts don’t have the same appeal in that context.
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#636I am dreaming of the day a YT killer shows up. I enjoy the content enough to pay for premium but the laundry list of problems is GROWING. I feel like "TV" is on the precipice of a paradigm shift. I wish YT was not going to be our substrate for that moment but it looks inevitable.
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> Youtube gonna fail if everyone and I mean everyone suddenly stopped watching ads Maybe that would be better? :)
Every one of these discussions: “But without ad revenue a bunch of sites might vanish!” Me: But not internet archive, Wikipedia, or Library Genesis, right? So 90ish% of the Web’s value is safe? Ok sounds good to me, let’s do this.
This is the core of the faith which communists have. We take everything and give nothing back and then wonder why nobody wants to create anything. Goods and services simply materialize out of thin air. It's a meteorological phenomena really.
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#638Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Otherwise they can't pay creators > In 2024 the company made a revenue of $350.01 Billion USD
YouTube made THAT much money? Cool tho I want to know sources. Now assuming that let's check how much it costs to host/recode/stream stuff. How dare companies want to profit right?
just wanted to show they don't need you to watch ads to pay them
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Apple TV apps, in general, are terrible. Every single one [that I routinely use] (including Apple’s apps) regularly crash or lock up, often leaving it to me, to force-quit. Amazon has started getting into a state, lately, where it ignores the remote, unless I go back, then go forward again. This kind of “quality” is considered “acceptable,” in today’s world. AppleTV has a JavaScript-based development system. It also…
would explain why LG smart TV apps run like crap. The devices are not capable of handling a javascript engine at full speed.
Sure they are. The amount of JavaScript that actually needs to run to give you a video browser is very little at a time. The bloat is a software problem.
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#640Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every one of these discussions: “But without ad revenue a bunch of sites might vanish!” Me: But not internet archive, Wikipedia, or Library Genesis, right? So 90ish% of the Web’s value is safe? Ok sounds good to me, let’s do this.
This is the core of the faith which communists have. We take everything and give nothing back and then wonder why nobody wants to create anything. Goods and services simply materialize out of thin air. It's a meteorological phenomena really.
Other business models are fine. I would support almost any amount of legal push-back on ads, though, and don’t care what happens to ad brokers.