• kieron115@startrek.website
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    4 months ago

    It’s like they want people to block ads holy crap. Next chance I get I’m installing invidious on my parent’s roku so they can skip this garbage.

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      4 months ago

      Personally I think it’s time to just move on you tube is done.

      But if it’s roku they can add the playlet channel. Youtube without ads.

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        4 months ago

        YouTube will not be done until a viable alternative is established.

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            I’m really surprised by this. YouTube is such a great source for adding skills and knowledge if you can weed through the crap.

            It is admittedly more and more difficult to weed though.

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              YouTube is such a great source for adding skills and knowledge

              Slowly though. Watching is wasting a lot of time, and nearly everyone on there stretches it out in the name of “content” and sponsers.

              There are a few that don’t, but realistically, that knowledge is elsewhere. It’s a shame people don’t self host videos as much any more. I just embed them in my web page if I absolutely need to.

              Or simply make the files available, which if you look around, a lot of them are out there, so download and watch at your pace, and delete when done.

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        4 months ago

        the only real alternatives to youtube for me are probably curiousity stream and floatplane, both of which cost subscriptions i can’t afford at the moment.

        edit also Nebula! forgot about that one.

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          floatplane

          With Linus? You couldn’t pay me to watch that.

          Edit: I did grab a subscription to Nebula for a year for €25 because I like someone on there. Seemed reasonable for a whole year of everything they have, and I do like watching Legal Eagle these days.

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          got it. It is as simple as them adding the channel. It doesn’t have a lot of features, but it is serviceable.