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Good riddance. Though interesting tidbit >> With 60% of YouTube’s watch time now on mobile That surprised me at first, though upon reflection, it aligns with

Good riddance. Though interesting tidbit >> With 60% of YouTube’s watch time now on mobile That surprised me at first, though upon reflection, it aligns with my own use I think.

mathw 8y ago
It's probably more now - that stat was from years ago when they first turned off the ability to add annotations.
- snaky 8y ago
  Instead of making annotations useful on mobile UI.
  - ggggtez 8y ago
    Now that I think about it though, due to fine size minimums, the placement would probably be messed up even if it worked. I imagine that's part of the problem with just adapting it.
    - Dylan16807 8y ago
      If I can shrink a video to 400 pixels wide on desktop, then there's plenty of space on mobile.
FractalParadigm 8y ago
It doesn't surprise me at all tbh, in fact I expected that would have been a lot higher. How many kids are watching YouTube on mommy's iPad throughout the day? I know my roommate likes to have video guides and such playing when he's gaming, it's just easier to have his phone propped up than mucking around switching between the game and a web browser. Recipes, DIY projects, tutorials, I can think of a million use cases where YouTube is just more viable and easier to access on a mobile device than a laptop or desktop
arkitaip 8y ago
I'm surprised it's not higher than that considering how common mobiles and tablets are.
pluma 8y ago
This doesn't mean 60% of watch time is from people (actively) "on their smartphones or tablets". I frequently use YouTube on my phone while working on the laptop. I don't think I'm the only one.
superkuh 8y ago
It doesn't surprise me and doesn't align with my own use. But yeah, mobile devices are not really computers for doing things. They are screens for consuming media. It makes sense for people to use them this way. It also makes sense for google to have trouble with them because they are all very crappy at being computers. It's just a shame google has decided to target such a gimped platform primarily. A shame, but inevitable.
overcast 8y ago
Geez, if 1% of my usage is on mobile, I'd be surprised. Definitely all my viewing is done on the desktop while I work on things.

Good riddance. Though interesting tidbit >> With 60% of YouTube’s watch time now on mobile That surprised me at first, though upon reflection, it aligns with my own use I think.

mathw 8y ago

It's probably more now - that stat was from years ago when they first turned off the ability to add annotations.

snaky 8y ago
Instead of making annotations useful on mobile UI.
- ggggtez 8y ago
  Now that I think about it though, due to fine size minimums, the placement would probably be messed up even if it worked. I imagine that's part of the problem with just adapting it.
  - Dylan16807 8y ago
    If I can shrink a video to 400 pixels wide on desktop, then there's plenty of space on mobile.

FractalParadigm 8y ago

It doesn't surprise me at all tbh, in fact I expected that would have been a lot higher. How many kids are watching YouTube on mommy's iPad throughout the day? I know my roommate likes to have video guides and such playing when he's gaming, it's just easier to have his phone propped up than mucking around switching between the game and a web browser. Recipes, DIY projects, tutorials, I can think of a million use cases where YouTube is just more viable and easier to access on a mobile device than a laptop or desktop

arkitaip 8y ago

I'm surprised it's not higher than that considering how common mobiles and tablets are.

pluma 8y ago

This doesn't mean 60% of watch time is from people (actively) "on their smartphones or tablets". I frequently use YouTube on my phone while working on the laptop. I don't think I'm the only one.

superkuh 8y ago

It doesn't surprise me and doesn't align with my own use. But yeah, mobile devices are not really computers for doing things. They are screens for consuming media. It makes sense for people to use them this way. It also makes sense for google to have trouble with them because they are all very crappy at being computers. It's just a shame google has decided to target such a gimped platform primarily. A shame, but inevitable.

overcast 8y ago

Geez, if 1% of my usage is on mobile, I'd be surprised. Definitely all my viewing is done on the desktop while I work on things.