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[Donald mac Ronald]

Those recommending premium for music how good is YouTube music compared to Spotify. Is literally every artist on there?

I don't really use audio books but what about them?

Also all those offering revanced. I just tried it and it's riddled with adverts...

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Youtube premium is one of the only worth while products Google offers.

The features completely justify the cost imo.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Yeaah... fuck no

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Wait, can I do this with a Sony TV as well?

It's got Android TV so I suppose it's even easier compared to a LG

 

[Stafford]

It's got Android TV so I suppose it's even easier compared to a LG

I'm gonna look into it. I use SmartTube now, but having a alternative is never a bad thing.

 

[Dacvak]

Youtube premium is one of the only worth while products Google offers.

The features completely justify the cost imo.

I'm lucky that I'm still grandfathered into the $8/mo from back in like 2013 when it was for Google Music. It's the only subscription that I will never give up.

 

[UltimaKilo]

I'm lucky that I'm still grandfathered into the $8/mo from back in like 2013 when it was for Google Music. It's the only subscription that I will never give up.

I think my YouTube Premium Lite is $4.99 a month and totally worth it.

 

[Power Pro]

This is funny, and so true. I was looking for a specific video this morning in fact, and I was typing in all the relevant information in the search bar, and it didn't even come up in the results at all. It reached end of results and still did not find the video I was looking for. I finally found it by going outside of youtube. What a crock of shit youtube has become. I really really wish there was an alternative.

 

[Stafford]

So it eventually worked again. I remember how I tried Premium last year and I couldn't go back to ads again, because holy shit has that become terrible. Good thing there are alternatives without ads.

 

[John Bilbo]

Suddenly Youtube is pausing videos with a popup window reminding that ad blockers are forbidden. I'm using Brave browser. I can still play the videos though if I just close the popup.

 

[Bojji]

Suddenly Youtube is pausing videos with a popup window reminding that ad blockers are forbidden. I'm using Brave browser. I can still play the videos though if I just close the popup.

I saw some pop ups few months ago, ignored them and everything works fine (Brave as well).

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Those recommending premium for music how good is YouTube music compared to Spotify. Is literally every artist on there?

I don't really use audio books but what about them?

Also all those offering revanced. I just tried it and it's riddled with adverts...

I've never looked for anything and not been able to find it put it that way. It's my only music player and it's great and no ads.

Fuck Google though

 

[Yamisan]

Just use the Brave browser, I use youtube for 8+ hours a day and have never seen an ad.

 

[nightfly]

What REALLY has pissed me off lately is just how many words need to be "censored" just to protect people's fee fees.

I. E

Unalived/Sewerslide instead of suicide.
Unhoused instead of homeless.
Graped instead of Raped.

Etc. Etc.

It's fucking RIDICULOUS!!!

Oh, and lest not forget PDFfiled instead of Pedophile.

Sure the aforementioned things are very serious issues but that kind of shit just makes a kind of mockery of them.

 

[JayK47]

What REALLY has pissed me off lately is just how many words need to be "censored" just to protect people's fee fees.

I. E

Unalived/Sewerslide instead of suicide.
Unhoused instead of homeless.
Graped instead of Raped.

Etc. Etc.

It's fucking RIDICULOUS!!!

It sounds retarded as well.

 

[MrCunningham]

This is funny, and so true. I was looking for a specific video this morning in fact, and I was typing in all the relevant information in the search bar, and it didn't even come up in the results at all. It reached end of results and still did not find the video I was looking for. I finally found it by going outside of youtube. What a crock of shit youtube has become. I really really wish there was an alternative.

Honestly, I have better luck using google search as a work around for youtube's search feature. The only way I can get Youtube to find anything relevant to get really specific with the search filters.

 

[Eesha]

What REALLY has pissed me off lately is just how many words need to be "censored" just to protect people's fee fees.

I. E

Unalived/Sewerslide instead of suicide.
Unhoused instead of homeless.
Graped instead of Raped.

Etc. Etc.

It's fucking RIDICULOUS!!!

Oh, and lest not forget PDFfiled instead of Pedophile.

Sure the aforementioned things are very serious issues but that kind of shit just makes a kind of mockery of them.

That is usually the excuse for this.

 

[Signalis]

FreeTube - The Private YouTube Client

FreeTube is a feature-rich and user-friendly YouTube client with a focus on privacy.

freetubeapp.io

 

[kikkis]

One bizarre feature removal is full screen scrolling on desktop

 

[Major Insano]

What REALLY has pissed me off lately is just how many words need to be "censored" just to protect people's fee fees.

I. E

Unalived/Sewerslide instead of suicide.
Unhoused instead of homeless.
Graped instead of Raped.

Etc. Etc.

It's fucking RIDICULOUS!!!

Oh, and lest not forget PDFfiled instead of Pedophile.

Sure the aforementioned things are very serious issues but that kind of shit just makes a kind of mockery of them.

It's usually done to avoid de-monitisation rather than protect peoples feelings.
Gotta grift for that ad revenue.

I miss the days when youtube was for amateur creators.

 

[RCX]

Newpipe (lots of excellent forks as well)

Works on mobile and android TV.

 

[Trunx81]

Anyone else having massive problems with YouTube the last days?
Some issues in Europe and Asia, but tonight it's the worst. Buffering all the time and lowest quality possible.

 

[falconhoof]

One bizarre feature removal is full screen scrolling on desktop

I thought I was going nuts, questioning myself if that was ever a feature. Such an odd thing to remove. It was so useful.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I hate how bad YouTube censorship has become especially in regards to how they censors words in superchats. You have replace the offending word with another non offensive word. YouTube think they are being slick but in the long term people have been using different words to get past their censorship. I just think it's funny how much that has kind of backfired on them

 

[Mondai]

Just use Brave browser, there problem solved.

 

[Spyxos]

Just use Brave browser, there problem solved.

Doesn't always work 100% anymore either.

 

[Mondai]

Doesn't always work 100% anymore either.

My bad, wasn't aware, I have had no issues with it so far.

 

[Unknown?]

Newpipe (lots of excellent forks as well)

Works on mobile and android TV.

Yes! I use a fork called PipePipe, it has sponsorblock built in. BraveNewpipe is also nice because it can play Rumble videos too.

 

[Spyxos]

My bad, wasn't aware, I have had no issues with it so far.

It is still usable. But more and more often, the videos do not load at all, or some kind of error message from YouTube appears.

 

[RCX]

Yes! I use a fork called PipePipe, it has sponsorblock built in. BraveNewpipe is also nice because it can play Rumble videos too.

I'm using Tubular, seems to be the most popular fork and updates are quick. Sponsorblock would be very hard to go without these days.

 

[falconhoof]

Can someone do a sanity check for me. This morning I notice that the miniplayer button has gone.

I don't know if this is an extension thing or a Youtube thing.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

YouTube is basically unusable for me without these extensions:

 

[rubik's dude]

I hate how bad YouTube censorship has become especially in regards to how they censors words in superchats. You have replace the offending word with another non offensive word. YouTube think they are being slick but in the long term people have been using different words to get past their censorship. I just think it's funny how much that has kind of backfired on them

It really has, YouTube and TikTok censorship has inadvertently contributed to the creation of a lot of new, funny slang terms.

 

[falconhoof]

YouTube is basically unusable for me without these extensions:

Add

Enhancer for YouTube™

Tons of features to improve your user experience on YouTube™!

www.mrfdev.com

DeArrow - A Browser Extension for Better Titles and Thumbnails

DeArrow is a browser extension for replacing titles and thumbnails on YouTube with community created accurate versions. No more clickbait.

dearrow.ajay.app

 

[winjer]

YouTube is basically unusable for me without these extensions:

Why are you using 2 ad blocking extentions?

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Why are you using 2 ad blocking extentions?

Better safe than sorry. I don't know to be honest.

 

[winjer]

Better safe than sorry. I don't know to be honest.

The reason I ask is because it can cause conflicts.

 

[Durien]

Yeah it is only going to get worse as well. Pretty soon Google will need to readjust how "influencers" (you have no idea how much I hate this term) are paid, up the cost of premium, or show more ads to pay said influencer.

It's like that 80s anti drug commercial:
I need to work more
So I can make more money
So I can do more coke
So I can work more
So I can make more money
So I can do more coke....

It's like a monster.

What would happen if Google decided to no longer pay influencers in exchange for less ads? There will always need to be ads because a service like this will only make money through ads or those paying not to see ads.

The only way that I could see Google fixing this is by revamping their service model and start charging influencers for cloud storage in exchange for seeing less ads. But we all know what would happen, costs rise, etc and we're back to seeing ads.

 

[nkarafo]

YouTube is basically unusable for me without these extensions:

It's not recommended to have two ad blockers. One may interfere with the other. Keep uBlock Origin only.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

It's not recommended to have two ad blockers. One may interfere with the other. Keep uBlock Origin only.

You're probably right. It works fine, I'm only using Firefox for YouTube.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I want to know why all my videos are defaulted at 720p on everything. Every video. Every platform I watch it on. I've checked every setting. I have to manually switch every video to 1080p or 4k. This isn't 2008. 720p looks like dog shit now.

 

[falconhoof]

I want to know why all my videos are defaulted at 720p on everything. Every video. Every platform I watch it on. I've checked every setting. I have to manually switch every video to 1080p or 4k. This isn't 2008. 720p looks like dog shit now.

You have Premium? If not, maybe they're pushing down the auto bitrate to save pennies.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

You have Premium? If not, maybe they're pushing down the auto bitrate to save pennies.

I have premium

 

[falconhoof]

I have premium

Mmm. I do too but haven't seen this.

Maybe you've been lucky to be selected into some A/B test.

I heard this morning that there's a new Hype thing on videos. I don't see the button for it on my interface yet but I see in some videos there's a hype counter. Sounds like they've just reinvented Like.

 

[Celcius]

Not only does YT has way too many ads these days but they're like braindead AI videos. I hate the ads on Twitch too but at least they're advertising legit actual products.
I can't imagine Google thinking it's a good customer experience...

 

[nightfly]

I want to know why all my videos are defaulted at 720p on everything. Every video. Every platform I watch it on. I've checked every setting. I have to manually switch every video to 1080p or 4k. This isn't 2008. 720p looks like dog shit now.

To default to max resolution on YouTube, use a browser extension like Auto Quality for YouTube on a computer, or go to the YouTube app's Settings > Video quality preferences on mobile to select "Higher picture quality" for Wi-Fi and mobile networks. For desktop, you must use a third-party extension since YouTube doesn't offer an in-built setting to permanently change the default quality

 

[Trilobit]

It's gotten really bad when even RLM does a video on it.

 

[nightfly]

What I don't get is why YT isn't more transparent about this.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

What I don't get is why YT isn't more transparent about this.

Because they don't want to admit that they do have biases since if they do, there's a case that they could get sued over it. They should be doing this to both sides but they only do it one side and it's ridiculous to see

 

[YCoCg]

Because they don't want to admit that they do have biases since if they do, there's a case that they could get sued over it. They should be doing this to both sides but they only do it one side and it's ridiculous to see

Sides? Did you trip up and think you stumbled into politics? YouTube has no side, it just wants to screw everyone, bowing to their advert corporate overlords. This current change is another retarded attempt at making "think of the children" the default stance so everything needs to be sanitised and advertiser friendly but it's clear people don't like this either so who's making these rules???