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Ask HN: Lesser known educational/entertainment video site worth subscribing to?
I am done with Netflix, Hulu etc. Their quality is not good, it is mostly mindless entertainment anyway. In Netflix's case, their documentaries are shitty too.
Are there any video services worth subscribing to? Both educational and entertainment? I did some googling, found these so far - https://www.wondrium.com/, https://curiositystream.com/. They seem good, though I am yet to try.
Any more? Any diamond in the rough? I am aware of some YouTube channels, but I prefer sites like the two above. Especially indie, smaller teams that I can support, however tiny amount my money is.
- LewisVerstappen 4y agoThe Great Courses, Nat Geo, Discovery College lectures like MIT Opencoursrware are also great.
- themodelplumber 4y agoIf your local library offers Hoopla, Hoopla has a "Great Courses Video BingePass": https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14738022 https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14738022 If you like indie stuff, you should also dig into archive.org. A lot of really good educational content ends up there. https://archive.org/details/zor_physics_teen_waves_OL_interference https://archive.org/details/zor_physics_teen_waves_OL_interf... https://archive.org/details/peduca-P-SPAN_556_-_The_Science_of_Natural_Variability_in_Earth_s_Climate_System https://archive.org/details/peduca-P-SPAN_556_-_The_Science_... https://archive.org/details/abou-farman-2 https://archive.org/details/abou-farman-2 https://archive.org/details/podcast_migration-darwin-college-lec_migration-science_1000405059073 https://archive.org/details/podcast_migration-darwin-college... Vintage educational films: https://archive.org/details/educationalfilms?sort=-publicdate https://archive.org/details/educationalfilms?sort=-publicdat... Use the bang !iarchive to search directly with duck.com.
- sqwrell 4y agoDiscovery+ is great and cheap too
- rmk 4y agoDiscovery+ has been a Godsend. It's much more entertaining and interesting than many other venues such as Hulu and Apple TV. I also recommend Amazon Prime. You get access to many great titles, plus the option to buy individual titles that are often pretty moderately priced.
- f0e4c2f7 4y agoI haven't tried it yet but masterclass seems along these lines.
- pinerd3 4y agoWorth mentioning Nebula [0], which is $10/month to support a large roster of educational (or education-adjacent) creators. The site is "creator-built and creator-owned", according to their homepage, and a number of YouTubers I like and respect have promoted them. No ads, and there's some Nebula-exclusive content which might be interesting as well. [0]: https://nebula.app/ https://nebula.app/
- pinerd3 4y agoOh, also, two other things: First, CuriosityStream has a bundle deal with Nebula where you can get both at once: [1]. You have to find an appropriate promo link from one of the participating YouTubers but that shouldn't be too hard. Second, I know you mentioned wanting to find dedicated services, but if you're spending a decent amount of time on YouTube and you can afford it, I find Youtube Premium well worth it. Not having ads makes such a huge difference to the experience, and it also pays creators better! [1]: https://help.curiositystream.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034158291-Curiosity-Stream-Nebula-FAQ https://help.curiositystream.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034158...
- tomcam 4y agoI learn an enormous amount from YouTube and am very happy to pay so I avoid commercials.