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Yes, but you as a consumer choose youtube, because you pretty much know that all the content there (from your home feed to search result, to related videos) is
by ajsnigrutin 4y ago
Yes, but you as a consumer choose youtube, because you pretty much know that all the content there (from your home feed to search result, to related videos) is free. You start with a soldering tutorial, then click on the related video on how to solder SMD components, then a related video about how transistors work, then you find a nice documentary about the history of computing, about enigma, etc... so you click through videos, watch (or adblock) the ads, and learn a bunch of stuff.
Now, most (or even all) of those related videos will be replaced by "pay to watch" videos, and i'm 99.9% sure, that the algorithms will prioritize paid video over free content, so all the free stuff will get buried, and you're left with shitty paid content of worse quality than those old, free videos.
- rchaud 4y agoAnybody who has used YT for learning purposes will have quickly realized the limits of "free". There are numerous channels with click bait titles that are little more than upsells to their paid courses. Quality courses (not referring to pre-recorded uni lectures) are not given away for free.
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoMaybe not full longform courses, but there was A LOT of great free content. Have to open a laptop to replace the hard drive? No service manual? Just google "XY-123 laptop disassembly", and you'll get a video. Now, a "XY-123 disassembly course", only $1.99.
- tpoacher 4y agoon the plus side, let's hope this drives a significant enough portion of traffic to things like peertube, odysee, archive, self-hosted vids etc, to create the required network effect that will make them viable alternatives.