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I'm with you on this. Honestly at this point, if the information is only contained within a video, I skip it and move on Same, and I've noticed this trend for

I'm with you on this. Honestly at this point, if the information is only contained within a video, I skip it and move on Same, and I've noticed this trend for quite a while now. Text can always be trivially copied, even by a granny, and inserted into an email or forum. A video? You can have a DRM arms race with video. Videos also prevent skimming, and demand consumption of all content.

joepie91_ 9y ago
> Videos also prevent skimming, and demand consumption of all content. To an advertiser, that's a feature. This is half of the problem.
- FridgeSeal 9y ago
  As someone who reluctantly works in advertising, I can tell you that advertiser's view themselves as God's gift to the internet and think they're doing great things for it. So many people in the industry have drunk the coolaid and honestly, earnestly think that exploiting anyone they can for information just started to to make an add ever so slightly more (creepily) personalised is a good thing. They need to be put back in their box and have a bunch of their toys taken away. GDPR is a good start.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  And that's why I keep repeating that advertisers are enemies of users, and - from the POV of users - malicious actors. They literally benefit from making life difficult for you and wasting the finite amount of time you have on this planet. This needs to get into people's head - as long as the incentives are so misaligned, there's no chance for peace here.
JoshTriplett 9y ago
> even by a granny Please don't use this as a substitute for "novice computer user" and similar. I've encountered people twice my age with grandchildren who are experts, and people younger than me who are novices.
- QAPereo 9y ago
  Right, they’re notable exceptions to a trend, aka outliers.
  - JoshTriplett 9y ago
    Why is reinforcing that stereotype important to you?
    - QAPereo 9y ago
      “When did you stop beating your wife.”
      - kagamine 9y ago
        I never beat her. The question you were aiming for is "Do you still hit your wife?" It demands a yes/no answer and thus always appears to be an admission of guilt. Your question leaves it open to answer any way you like.
        QAPereo 9y ago
        Your answer still works for your formulation of the question, "I never hit her." It's not that it's a true Catch 22, it's just leading and begs the question.
- Moru 9y ago
  I have found that grannies have a much higher understanding if the terms privacy and 'I have nothing to hide'

joepie91_ 9y ago

> Videos also prevent skimming, and demand consumption of all content. To an advertiser, that's a feature. This is half of the problem.

FridgeSeal 9y ago
As someone who reluctantly works in advertising, I can tell you that advertiser's view themselves as God's gift to the internet and think they're doing great things for it. So many people in the industry have drunk the coolaid and honestly, earnestly think that exploiting anyone they can for information just started to to make an add ever so slightly more (creepily) personalised is a good thing. They need to be put back in their box and have a bunch of their toys taken away. GDPR is a good start.
TeMPOraL 9y ago
And that's why I keep repeating that advertisers are enemies of users, and - from the POV of users - malicious actors. They literally benefit from making life difficult for you and wasting the finite amount of time you have on this planet. This needs to get into people's head - as long as the incentives are so misaligned, there's no chance for peace here.

JoshTriplett 9y ago

> even by a granny Please don't use this as a substitute for "novice computer user" and similar. I've encountered people twice my age with grandchildren who are experts, and people younger than me who are novices.

QAPereo 9y ago
Right, they’re notable exceptions to a trend, aka outliers.
- JoshTriplett 9y ago
  Why is reinforcing that stereotype important to you?
  - QAPereo 9y ago
    “When did you stop beating your wife.”
    - kagamine 9y ago
      I never beat her. The question you were aiming for is "Do you still hit your wife?" It demands a yes/no answer and thus always appears to be an admission of guilt. Your question leaves it open to answer any way you like.
      - QAPereo 9y ago
        Your answer still works for your formulation of the question, "I never hit her." It's not that it's a true Catch 22, it's just leading and begs the question.
Moru 9y ago
I have found that grannies have a much higher understanding if the terms privacy and 'I have nothing to hide'