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Can you live without YouTube ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Today in a Privacy community a post about YouTube. No word about privacy but all about which software or settings are needed to watch videos and the money needed to host videos. It made me wonder whether some of you can lead a meaningful life without YouTube. Or will a cold turkey bring the worst out of you ?

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[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago (7 children)

YouTube has one use for me - the occasional video on how to do something technical

How people watch hour after hour of other people's inane ramblings I will never know. You must have have an incredibly low bar for what you consider entertainment 😂

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The people that say it's their main form of entertainment must have to wade through so much crap to get to anything good, I just don't see the point.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've been using Youtube so long that it kind of isn't a problem. I've got a bunch of creators I follow, most of whom have stable release schedules. The likes of RedLetterMedia, Astrum and SEA (two unrelated yet adjacent "European guy talks calmly about space" channels), Summoning Salt, TierZoo, etc. Recently the folks behind The New Yankee Workshop have been uploading the show to Youtube, and I've been enjoying that.

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah I guess if you've been using it for a long time and have favourites built up that would work. I remember when YouTube started and it was pretty good, but with every video trying to game the algorithms I couldn't imagine trying to start afresh now.

[–] htrayl@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I mean, you can say the same about every form of entertainment. Music? Majority is crap. Movies? Crap. Sports? Crap. Books? Crap. Video games? Crap.

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