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Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled

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Re: Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled

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Post by creative_name3 »

76684546548070 wrote: post #118
7373737373 wrote: post #8

Whoever made automatic AI dubs a default and impossible to disable also needs to be fired

Googlers are obviously mentally challenged by the concept that there might be anybody in the world who has learned English as a second language. Bet the idea to force outdated TTS whose robotic droning that is the pinnacle of annoyance on every single user who speaks more than one language was worth a nice bonus.

i can assure you, people working there also absolutely hate it as well and there would be celebrations if the responsible people were fired for it.

Re: Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled

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Post by throwaway290 »

tcfhgj wrote: post #638
throwaway290 wrote: post #634

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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

then you didn't did you?

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Post by koakuma-chan »

reddalo wrote: post #460
koakuma-chan wrote: post #33

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YouTube hasn't been working for me past two weeks with uBlock Origin. Video doesn't play.

Are you using Firefox? Chrome breaks YouTube if you have an ad-blocker.

I find Chrome unusable, it doesn't even support UBO.

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Post by jdhwosnhw »

asldfkasgkj wrote: post #645
jdhwosnhw wrote: post #605

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You are using a service without paying for the service by actively circumventing the payment mechanism. Is that not stealing?

Is it okay if I go the bathroom or get another beer while the commercials play? If so, why?

Thats like saying the grocery store is ok with me eating some of the grapes while I shop so they must be ok with me walking out without paying for my groceries.

I’m not trying to be obtuse here. I really want to understand some sort of reasonable moral justification for actively avoiding paying for a service that you are using / circumventing the mechanism by which the business makes money.

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Post by Dylan16807 »

ssl-3 wrote: post #658
Dylan16807 wrote: post #655

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If that's enough of a sin to be a bad creator, I think it does become difficult to find replacements after a while. Also a bad thumbnail isn't a damned lie. Clickbait usually just means vague and flashy.

In my world, I define myself what I consider to be a sin. My Youtube feed has an amazing abundance of great content. I'm learning stuff with it all the time from creators that aren't prima facie lying scumbags. Others are free to keep the likes of Scotty Killmer and Linus employed. That's fine. They're dead to me, and I do not miss them in my life.

You can decide what's a sin, I'm just saying that fast exclusions really do eat into the watch options.

Though when I go look at the last big bunch of LTT videos I don't see any lies? Scotty Killmer I can find some lies pretty fast. "New Law Will Put You in Jail for Driving Your Car" for example.

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Post by joquarky »

danpalmer wrote: post #36
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #12

I 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 do pay for YouTube Premium, I see no ads, and everything works pretty conveniently. What's your point, that with a bit of extra effort you can pirate content?

If I go to the bathroom during an ad break, am I "pirating" the content?

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Post by joquarky »

foobarian wrote: post #244
Lerc wrote: post #150

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I don't think it is piracy. Most advertising supported content is made freely available to you with the expectation that you will view the advertising. That expectation is not a contract and was a decision made without your involvement. You have no obligation to perform to someone else's expectations. If the content is made freely available you are free to watch it whichever way you choose. Choosing not to view the a…

Morally, it is piracy IMO. If you applied the rule universally, the site would go out of business and then there would be no video to see.

Kant isn't the sole authority on morality.

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Post by mghackerlady »

IAmBroom wrote: post #558
chrneu wrote: post #205

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There's an old adage that if you follow the tech that porn adopts, you'll generally be ahead the average consumer curve. I think there's another version that if porn adopts a tech that means that the tech will work. Like, a lot of VR adoption early on was porn. By a lot, I mean most.

Has VR caught on? Genuine question; I am not a gamer, but I see no real adoption elsewhere. The occasional movie is offered in 3D, but it's generally post-rendered, which makes the effect crappier - and it's occasional, not the majority.

I've had a quest 2 since a bit before the meta rebrand. I like it, but I mostly use it for games. I used to be really into VRchat, which I wouldn't really consider a game. I stopped using it when it became increasingly clear the quest 2 just isn't powerful enough for it

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Post by joquarky »

throwaway290 wrote: post #597
array_key_first wrote: post #592

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Yes, but ultimately it is not my responsibility to make their business model viable. That's between them and Google - not me. I am not Google's accountant. They can figure it out.

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.

> if they don't get paid then you don't get content

[citation needed]

You're saying no content would be created if there were no payments?

Have you never met a real artist?

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Post by ssl-3 »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #665
ssl-3 wrote: post #658

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In my world, I define myself what I consider to be a sin. My Youtube feed has an amazing abundance of great content. I'm learning stuff with it all the time from creators that aren't prima facie lying scumbags. Others are free to keep the likes of Scotty Killmer and Linus employed. That's fine. They're dead to me, and I do not miss them in my life.

You can decide what's a sin, I'm just saying that fast exclusions really do eat into the watch options. Though when I go look at the last big bunch of LTT videos I don't see any lies? Scotty Killmer I can find some lies pretty fast. "New Law Will Put You in Jail for Driving Your Car" for example.

I insist that my "watch options" are really very profound and vast.

This discussion is over. You do you.

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