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One good thing that has come out of this is that I have reduced my time on YouTube to nearly zero in the past two weeks.
by illegalmemory 3y ago
One good thing that has come out of this is that I have reduced my time on YouTube to nearly zero in the past two weeks.
- bdw5204 3y agoEver since Youtube killed Vanced a few months ago, I've pretty much reduced my time on that web site to NFL Sunday Ticket. If it becomes impossible to watch that without disabling an adblocker, I'll cancel it, save about $450 or so a year and find other ways to watch the Ravens in Philly like I used to do when Sunday Ticket was exclusive to DirecTV.
- behnamoh 3y agoMaybe that's exactly what YT wants—get rid of users who won't pay to save costs. I know some banks also do this.
- hugocbp 3y agoSame. I personally end up enjoying those user-hostile changes when they happen because they almost always result in my own time spent on those platforms decreasing. I've basically left Twitter after recent changes. Reddit is down to a fraction of what used to be a couple years ago (too aggressive on mobile, I just give up reading it). YouTube was one thing that I used a lot, not always for productive or educational videos. I'll probably just watch a YouTube video from now on when it is really something interesting. Which is good.
- Krasnol 3y agoAnother good thing is that they're getting even more people to use proper adblocking addons and browsers.