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My pet peeve is that if you start playing a video by clicking on it in the watch later playlist it will start wherever you left off, but then if you let it proc

My pet peeve is that if you start playing a video by clicking on it in the watch later playlist it will start wherever you left off, but then if you let it proceed to the next video it will start at the beginning of that one, forever erasing your watch position for that video. In general the saving of watch position is very frustrating on YouTube. There are a lot of bugs. They need an explicit way to see exactly which parts you've watched. Has anyone made a "watch later" queue that is site-agnostic? I'd love to be able to add Twitter videos, Spotify podcasts, YouTube clips, etc to a single "watch later" queue.

dotancohen 3y ago
Honest question: Do you ever actually watch them later? I've been bookmarking things on the internet to Read Later (TM) for 26 years. I might bookmark multiple things in a day. The Later never comes - and often the link rots in just a decade or two. I've recently begun using Ctrl-W to mark items to Read Later. It saves some disk space at the very least, and frustration years down the line at the very most.
- modeless 3y ago
  Yes, I watch about half of them. Usually while doing the dishes or working out. Mostly listening, as I usually save interviews or lectures or podcasts. I never read the things I bookmark for later reading, but I have extra time to listen to things.
  - out-of-ideas 3y ago
    might just consider caching them to a thrash-drive with yt-dlp and one of those browser-exntensions that caches a webpage for offline use; then watch later without linkrot, ect can even throw that behing something as simple as darkhttp and serve it to your tablets easier too but of course the downside is the required regular spring cleaning having an AIO system for that would be pretty nice though
    - modeless 3y ago
      Linkrot isn't that big of an issue for the stuff I save. I'm fine watching/listening on the web, I just wish there was a way to make a playlist that works over multiple sites. Really it should be a browser feature, part of the bookmarks manager, if browsers were still innovating.
- fy20 3y ago
  My primary YouTube experience is: a) Browse when I have a few minutes, and add interesting videos to Watch Later b) Watch them in the evening when my family has gone to bed. I don't watch everything the same day, so over time it builds up. Sometimes I have more time, so I catch up then. I try to keep it less than 50 items, and if it ever goes over I'll prune it. I rarely watch movies or TV shows - I watch YouTube.
  - tkgally 3y ago
    > I rarely watch movies or TV shows - I watch YouTube. Same here. For all its faults—the search function is my personal peeve—it has really turned into a fantastic platform. By allowing anyone to upload videos of any length, giving those videos permanent URLs, and enabling people to make money from their videos, they have encouraged a wealth of content creation on every topic under the sun. I wish YouTube had a dozen strong competitors, though. Too many valuable eggs are being entrusted to that one basket.

dotancohen 3y ago

Honest question: Do you ever actually watch them later? I've been bookmarking things on the internet to Read Later (TM) for 26 years. I might bookmark multiple things in a day. The Later never comes - and often the link rots in just a decade or two. I've recently begun using Ctrl-W to mark items to Read Later. It saves some disk space at the very least, and frustration years down the line at the very most.

modeless 3y ago
Yes, I watch about half of them. Usually while doing the dishes or working out. Mostly listening, as I usually save interviews or lectures or podcasts. I never read the things I bookmark for later reading, but I have extra time to listen to things.
- out-of-ideas 3y ago
  might just consider caching them to a thrash-drive with yt-dlp and one of those browser-exntensions that caches a webpage for offline use; then watch later without linkrot, ect can even throw that behing something as simple as darkhttp and serve it to your tablets easier too but of course the downside is the required regular spring cleaning having an AIO system for that would be pretty nice though
  - modeless 3y ago
    Linkrot isn't that big of an issue for the stuff I save. I'm fine watching/listening on the web, I just wish there was a way to make a playlist that works over multiple sites. Really it should be a browser feature, part of the bookmarks manager, if browsers were still innovating.
fy20 3y ago
My primary YouTube experience is: a) Browse when I have a few minutes, and add interesting videos to Watch Later b) Watch them in the evening when my family has gone to bed. I don't watch everything the same day, so over time it builds up. Sometimes I have more time, so I catch up then. I try to keep it less than 50 items, and if it ever goes over I'll prune it. I rarely watch movies or TV shows - I watch YouTube.
- tkgally 3y ago
  > I rarely watch movies or TV shows - I watch YouTube. Same here. For all its faults—the search function is my personal peeve—it has really turned into a fantastic platform. By allowing anyone to upload videos of any length, giving those videos permanent URLs, and enabling people to make money from their videos, they have encouraged a wealth of content creation on every topic under the sun. I wish YouTube had a dozen strong competitors, though. Too many valuable eggs are being entrusted to that one basket.