YouTube is getting big on TV.
  • Zink@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Oh YouTube. You are in such a dominant position for talented individuals who want to create their own TV show. You’ve been pissing people off for a long time, but changing what “YouTube” even is seems way worse.

    I will even pay the $15 for my family to be able to easily watch or listen to whatever they want in a native app on whatever platform they’re using. And I like how it makes my views more valuable to the creators I care about.

    But if it’s not cheap, easy, AND ad-free, it is not difficult to block ads or even download videos I care about onto my Jellyfin server.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Youtube has changed, its serialised direct tv now. You cannot easily find short videos, or old creators. Even if you do search ater like five videos they will return you to algorithmic results unrelated to search criteria.

  • Hafty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    2 months ago

    YouTube TV used to be such a good value. $35/m for the channels you actually want. Now it’s bloated and way too expensive. I moved back to traditional cable in January and haven’t looked back. I save $20m with Spectrum versus overpaying for YT TV.

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I’m good. I spend less than $20 a month on 3 services, and it’s all I need. Youtube is not even one of them. Dropped the app, use it directly in Firefox on my phone with ublock origin, and I get no ads which would be the only benefit I would want it for. I still source all my music and keep locally and setup my own music server which is accessible anywhere. Same goes for TV and shows, not the streaming sites but an actual local library. It’s been working for about 10 years now so I have no reason to change.