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I get the no improvement part, but why make it worse by removing stable, useful features? How much maintenance does it need? What are they gaining from this?
by edjrage 6y ago
I get the no improvement part, but why make it worse by removing stable, useful features? How much maintenance does it need? What are they gaining from this?
- compiler-guy 6y agoGoogle gains a lot less span and abuse on its system by doing this. My preferred solution would be better filtering and abuse handling, but at the moment this feature is a very mixed bag at best.
- Glant 6y agoFrom the YouTube help page "This feature was rarely used and had problems with spam/abuse so we’re removing them to focus on other creator tools. You can still use your own captions, automatic captions, and third-party tools and services." That seems fair enough to me. Creators can still add captions, it's just viewers that can't add them without a 3rd party service.
- R0b0t1 6y agoIf you are a monopoly you have little to no signal you have done a bad thing. It's not that they have no incentive to improve, it's that they have no understanding of what is or isn't improvement. Some people are arguing about a reduction in spam or abuse, but it might also be a liability issue (but I don't know how or why).