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I'm trying Grayjay, which works great, and I've noticed one big thing: it doesn't keep showing me an endless stream of stuff to keep me on the site. It just sho
by beej71 3y ago
I'm trying Grayjay, which works great, and I've noticed one big thing: it doesn't keep showing me an endless stream of stuff to keep me on the site. It just shows my subs and a handful of suggestions.
As a consequence, my time spent on the site is way down, and the time I do spend is higher quality material.
But I'm with you. There's no way I'm watching an ad on YT. If they figure out how to only stream with unblockable ads, I will never visit the site again.
Patreon to pay the creators.
- WithinReason 3y agoI think Grayjay is a great idea. Many creators have alternate accounts on platfroms like Odyssey (e.g. Hardware Unboxed and Veritasium), in those cases you can subscribe to the non-youtube platform. If enough people do this, it might help us move away from youtube. Of course the last step is also important for this to work (Pay the creators.)
- mopenstein 3y ago>If they figure out how to only stream with unblockable ads, I will never visit the site again That's their goal. If you're not earning them money, they don't want you. You don't exist to them and you not watching their ads/videos is no threat at all.
- p1nkpineapple 3y ago> As a consequence, my time spent on the site is way down, and the time I do spend is higher quality material. For me, I've found DeArrow (clickbait "blocker") has had exactly the same effect. I find myself no longer mindlessly scrolling through the suggested feed and am more particular about what I choose to watch.
- fuzztester 3y agoWhat does Grayjay do? Is it some kind of aggregator?
- pasttense01 3y agoRead the FAQ: https://grayjay.app/faq.html https://grayjay.app/faq.html
- fuzztester 3y agoThanks.