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I left because it’s infested with advertising that offensively begins playing loudly the millisecond a video page loads. The site feels janky and the algorithm
by The_President 1y ago
I left because it’s infested with advertising that offensively begins playing loudly the millisecond a video page loads. The site feels janky and the algorithm games the consumers. YouTube still is in the business of feeding drivel to toddlers and shadowbanning normal user accounts from comments. Like Windows, YouTube lost my trust long ago and no amount of blog posting about how good they are will ever fix that. Odysee and Rumble are better experiences, unlike YouTube the sites let you play content in the background on mobile. Mainstream YouTube, an advertising delivery platform with concerns for the user and creator base being deep last.
- timnetworks 1y agoI'm posting this here specifically for the audience: blocking ads is OK. Product managers offer no value add to development.
- thebrid 1y agoYou could just pay for premium. No ads, you can play content in the background on mobile and the creators get more money out of it. There is so much good stuff on YouTube in pretty much any niche you care to mention. Not to mention that YouTube's equivalent of Spotify is included in the price!
- The_President 1y agoI pay for a lot of premium content but refuse to pay YouTube out of principle so I avoid consuming the content there, ultimately. Agree there’s a lot of great content, hopefully those creators keep expanding their distribution to reduce exclusivities.
- angoragoats 1y agoI refuse to give money to Google on principle. Ad blockers work great to get rid of ads. Playing videos in the background on mobile is a basic feature that should never be behind a paywall. For channels I watch frequently, I support them financially in ways that do not involve Google taking a ridiculously-sized cut of my money.