• Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Over the past years I’ve been reducing my youtube and twitch viewership anyways. Its literally the lowest form of entertainment and its not worth a single moment of ad watching. I’ll just do something else. Most youtube content sucks anyways. I don’t even remember most of the channels I used to watch.

    They’re just going to increase their own server costs chasing some tiny fraction of viewers who will do anything to avoid ads. they should be grateful for the adviewers they have.

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      4 months ago

      I guess there is a lot of crap on the platform.

      But I follow many really really good content creators that put out very high quality content week after week.

      I still want to watch their content and I can’t subscribe to all of them.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah you’re right, YouTube just isn’t what it used to be. I miss when people made videos for free because they wanted to share something with the world. Now it’s a full time job

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      4 months ago

      Its literally the lowest form of entertainment and its not worth a single moment of ad watching.

      I’m just curious, but what type of content would you be watching on YouTube?

      I think the platform has come a long ways when it comes to content. Sure, if you’re just watching gaming content I’d say you’d be disappointed. It’s been like that for a decade now at least. There’s a lot of decent content on there though with a lot of it even being somewhat educational.

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        4 months ago

        My viewership has changed so much over the years. I used to watch stuff like diyperks, primitive technology, this guy kris harbour who built a house with natural materials. When I was coding lots of edu stuff.

        Im sure there is a lot of good shit, but I just have less energy to wade through the crap. And the continued attacks on ad blockers makes me less willing to want to find channels and communities I would probably enjoy.

        I actually can’t stand gaming content cause its just spoilers and gfuel marketing as far as im concerned

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          4 months ago

          Yeah YouTube’s real problem is the recommendations are terrible. It tries to ram the most profitable, lowest common denominator swill down your throat until it gives up and just recommends stuff you’ve already watched.

        • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          I see. I simply ask because the platform has changed a lot if you used it a little over a decade ago and I know some people who never got over the transition.

          Absolutely understandable that you don’t want to spend time looking for anything that might catch your interest though.

      • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        I’m just curious, but what type of content would you be watching on YouTube?

        I literally use it almost exclusively for how-to styles of videos. I had to replace the throttle cable on my riding lawnmower last year. I found an awesome step-by-step video. Stuff like that…