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And in the distance, Google laughs. I used some streaming services a while ago and very quickly gave up. Bad video quality, momentary drops and we're all looki

And in the distance, Google laughs. I used some streaming services a while ago and very quickly gave up. Bad video quality, momentary drops and we're all looking at a 240p resolution, started watching a series and suddenly a few days later -- "Episode 7 is not available in your country". I could go on and on but thousands of others have already described it much better than I could. Nowadays I only pay for YouTube Premium. Not that I couldn't fight very hard with their ads through my PiHole and with Firefox + uBlock Origin buuuuuuut... (1) I am tired of it and (2) I watch videos much more on my tablet and phone than on the computer. Bonus points for (3) I don't want Google stealthily and spitefully deleting my profile, and they seem to be trigger-happy lately. The streaming market has peaked and currently everyone is just trying to squeeze more profit, and the customer experience and pricing be damned in the process. Some of us saw the writing on the wall and disengaged. And I'll leave you with: Obviously all of us download and upload Linux .ISO images day and night, right? ...Obviously. <coughs> Of course. <nods>

permo-w 3y ago
Youtube is largely composed of amateur content and — Kurzgesagt aside — not-very-good professional content. This is a different market to high production quality TV shows and films. perhaps you went to Youtube, but I suspect most people's next port of call is just piracy
- mike_d 3y ago
  There is a ton of professionally produced content on YouTube. Mr. Beast for example spends between $1 and $1.5 million to produce each video. By comparison your average TV documentary costs only $500k for an hour of content. NileRed, a popular chemistry focused channel, quoted one of their videos as taking 4 months of production time for their multi-person staff. I think you might not like the artistic style of YouTube, but in terms of production value I'd wager more is being spent on YouTube than broadcast TV at this point (remember that the vast majority of channels make no money but people sink money into them anyway).
  - permo-w 3y ago
    so you've cherrypicked two examples, one of which-Mr Beast-is basically just a tv variety gameshow but better presented for a younger audience. the sums of money may well be high but that doesn't change the fact that it's not pulling in viewers jumping ship from HBO/BBC/Netflix/AP dramas. NileRed and Kurzgesagt are the same in a different way >I'd wager more is being spent on YouTube than broadcast TV at this point you'd lose that wager

permo-w 3y ago

Youtube is largely composed of amateur content and — Kurzgesagt aside — not-very-good professional content. This is a different market to high production quality TV shows and films. perhaps you went to Youtube, but I suspect most people's next port of call is just piracy

mike_d 3y ago
There is a ton of professionally produced content on YouTube. Mr. Beast for example spends between $1 and $1.5 million to produce each video. By comparison your average TV documentary costs only $500k for an hour of content. NileRed, a popular chemistry focused channel, quoted one of their videos as taking 4 months of production time for their multi-person staff. I think you might not like the artistic style of YouTube, but in terms of production value I'd wager more is being spent on YouTube than broadcast TV at this point (remember that the vast majority of channels make no money but people sink money into them anyway).
- permo-w 3y ago
  so you've cherrypicked two examples, one of which-Mr Beast-is basically just a tv variety gameshow but better presented for a younger audience. the sums of money may well be high but that doesn't change the fact that it's not pulling in viewers jumping ship from HBO/BBC/Netflix/AP dramas. NileRed and Kurzgesagt are the same in a different way >I'd wager more is being spent on YouTube than broadcast TV at this point you'd lose that wager