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Comment on What the fuck happened to YouTube!?
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve been saying for almost 5 years now, ditch youtube. Everything I get the most butt hurt responses.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I get it, some things are not easily replaceable. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take active steps to cut ties. The biggest steps for me was uninstalling the obnoxiously default install on my phone and subscribing to an actual music service.
Going to youtube isn’t taboo, for me, just with the app un-installed I have to make the conscious decision to browse the site. The site is also much less convenient; making the experience mostly untenable. People existed before youtube and will exist after. The point isn’t to cripple them but to hit them hard enough to reflect on their dopamine pushing mentality.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I wonder what the ethical considerations are, given a choice between ad blocking on YouTube, and copying YT content to PeerTube. Is it sooooo much worse? Is it any worse?
RexWrexWrecks@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Where do you go for random videos and passing time watching things you’re interested in?
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Pornhub.
Hikermick@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Lotsa butt hurt stuff there too
DMBFFF@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They have the odd music video.
Liz@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Playeur is alright, they need a few more big creators to join, but some of my favorite firearms channels have gone over there, and I discovered a botany channel on there I had never seen before.
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The tides will turn though. I’ve been denouncing google for years, and I’ve find it quite striking how the pushback has disappeared recently. It use to be that any negative comment about google was met by a small army of google fans. That just isn’t the case any more.