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That is rather unfortunate - if you were so inclined, you could contact their helpdesk <help@nebula.tv> as mentioned at the bottom of that FAQ page and tell the
by mdaniel 2y ago
That is rather unfortunate - if you were so inclined, you could contact their helpdesk <help@nebula.tv> as mentioned at the bottom of that FAQ page and tell them about your experience
Regrettably, I have been following Nebula from its early years, so I don't have the elevator pitch to offer other than "videos on YouTube are dictated by YouTube, videos on Nebula are dictated by their creators" plus the obvious ad-free experience. This is some inside baseball from the channel that I recall introduced me to Nebula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alqt6RCEWdM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alqt6RCEWdM
As for your popular science concern, in general my answer is "no," it's not marketing drivel designed to inject ads into your eyeballs. However, since it is just a video platform (err, and also classes, news, and podcasts) the content quality is ALL OVER the place. That was actually why I didn't subscribe for such a long time - it was like those "web 3" video platforms - only fringe stuff was on it, so it wasn't worth my time or dollars. Since then, they have gotten a lot more content that I value so I pay by the year now
Merely as a frame of reference, here are some of the channels that I follow
https://nebula.tv/thethoughtemporium https://nebula.tv/thethoughtemporium
https://nebula.tv/strangeparts https://nebula.tv/strangeparts
https://nebula.tv/breakingtaps https://nebula.tv/breakingtaps
https://nebula.tv/minutephysics https://nebula.tv/minutephysics
https://nebula.tv/coldfusion https://nebula.tv/coldfusion
https://nebula.tv/extrahistory https://nebula.tv/extrahistory
https://nebula.tv/extracredits https://nebula.tv/extracredits
https://nebula.tv/reallifelore https://nebula.tv/reallifelore
https://nebula.tv/hai https://nebula.tv/hai
https://nebula.tv/realengineering https://nebula.tv/realengineering
https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering https://nebula.tv/practical-engineering
https://nebula.tv/wendover https://nebula.tv/wendover
- slyall 2y agoThere are also a few "Urbanist" channels that I follow. https://nebula.tv/citynerd https://nebula.tv/notjustbikes https://nebula.tv/citybeautiful https://nebula.tv/rmtransit https://nebula.tv/stewarthicks and I also like this tech news guy https://nebula.tv/tfc One thing a of the makers push is that they can make videos on controversal subjects without fear of being demonetized like they would on youtube. This can be things like the current middle east conflict or some more adult channels. But they are not going for the more radical "banned by youtube" makers. All channels also have RSS which is a bonus.
- mdaniel 2y agoThanks so much for the recommendations, those do seem like something I'd enjoy! It also highlights another aspect of a non-adtech owned platform: I can watch videos without fear that they're going to poison my feed and cause some topic that I was merely curious about to suddenly fill my homepage