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I disabled YouTube on my Android phone, and use it in the browser instead. It is heavily overloaded with functionality, that any accidental touch results in an
by de6u99er 6y ago
I disabled YouTube on my Android phone, and use it in the browser instead. It is heavily overloaded with functionality, that any accidental touch results in an unwanted action.
Google Search on mobile browsers is horrible too. When having a typo in the search terms and trying to fix it, the search field moves to the top of the screen and it constantly happens that I click on the second or third entry in the list of suggested searches.
I also have issues with GBoard, which cause tons of typing errors. My last iPhone was an iPhone 3G and I recall it having a much better keyboard many years ago than Google currently has.
It's almost as it was deliberate to artificially increase certain click KPI's or force users to use the phone's search bar or autocorrect function.
I believe, decision makers at Google are too far away from the products, and while managers might have developed good soft skills they massively lack practical knowledge. Google would do good hiring more engineers and less academics and managers.
- supersour 6y agoSpeaking of Youtube "mods", has anyone created any tools that provide a unique related videos algorithm or the like? I find that the rabbit holes I went on years ago were much more interesting than the content I see on youtube now, and I don't think it's that the content is getting worse.
- anothernewdude 6y agoI cannot recommend the combination of NewPipe and VLC enough. Have to get NewPipe on your own, because it disables youtube ads as well so it's not on the Play Store. It's been the only offline youtube solution I've found.
- de6u99er 6y agoThanks, I'll give it a try.
- morsch 6y agoPaying Google is another offline youtube solution. It's odd, though, I watch much more youtube than Netflix at the moment, but since all the stuff on youtube is available anyway, the monthly subscription still feels too expensive, despite being cheaper than Netflix. I wish they would unbundle their music offering, which I have no interest in, but presumably that's precisely why they won't unbundle.