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I got a subscription to Curiosity Stream with Nebula bundled in. While Curiosity Stream has original content, as far as I can tell all of the Nebula stuff is a
by loudmax 6y ago
I got a subscription to Curiosity Stream with Nebula bundled in. While Curiosity Stream has original content, as far as I can tell all of the Nebula stuff is also available on YouTube. So as a Nebula customer the only real benefit is watching content without ads. This is well and good, but ads aside, Youtube is simply a more convenient platform. There's less outright garbage on Nebula, and that's a good thing because the search function and categories are hit and miss. Compared to Youtube, the keyboard controls are janky and there are no comments (arguably more of a feature than a shortcoming), so no real way to engage with the content creators.
Having said that I think I paid under $20 for a year's subscription for the bundle. At this rate it's cheap enough to be worthwhile even if you only watch a few hours of content per month. And I do hope these folks can make Nebula's business model work, there's some worthwhile stuff in there.
- PartiallyTyped 6y agoI can recall that certain channels have (or at least had) exclusive content on Nebula, but it indeed appears to be worth while considering I am paying more for spotify and netflix.
- input_sh 6y agoDefinitely not all of it: https://watchnebula.com/videos?category=originals https://watchnebula.com/videos?category=originals There are completely original series that are not on YouTube at all: game shows hosted by Tom Scott and Sam from Wendover, some car-testing series (pre-Covid) that I'm not into, a zoomer discovering pop culture from 90s/early 00s, some interviews, a giant history series on the fall of Berlin, and plenty of one-off videos from individual creators that are not on YouTube (example: "PornHub's surprising carbon footprint" would never go good on YouTube). Then there's usually an additional few scenes on videos you'll find on YouTube. I also have a CuriosityStream + Nebula bundle, but I rarely watch anything on CS. I can't point my finger into anything particular I don't like about its content, I just don't watch it that much.