cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40372957
fyi:
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp lets you download videos (from youtube and also hundreds of other sites)
- for desktop, https://mpv.io/ is free and lets you watch youtube (or any other video) at even more and faster speeds than youtube premium does, among many other features
- for android, https://newpipe.net/ lets you play youtube in the background (and download videos, and block ads, …)
- https://ublockorigin.com/ blocks ads everywhere (and yes it does still work on youtube, at least in firefox anyway)
I’ve never liked YouTube.
I didn’t watch it when it was free. I didn’t watch it when it had ads. I don’t watch it now. It is bad. Most of the content on it is bad.
Super hot take that.
You do realise that there isn’t just one kind of content right?
Not trying to change your mind, I just feel like that’s a very narrow minded view of what is a vast wealth of human knowledge in video form.
I mainly watch tech/science stuff, super interesting and definitely has taught me stuff. Theres years worth of educational content on there.
Same. I mostly watch informative and educational videos on YouTube.
I am mostly on Nebula these days but it’s problem not to avoid YT because most content creators are still on the platform.
I feel like you can both be right, the sheer number of videos can have years of educational content while still being mostly SEO influencers and money leeching junk. If you go on it with a completely fresh account you’re going to see a bunch of brain rot before you tune your algorithm into good content.
Fair point.
I’m with you brother. Are there gems? I’m sure. For example, how to repair things. But 99% of it is garbage.
I never really liked youtube. But you’ve got to admit that sometimes, when you have a very niche tech problem, there is always one indian making just the right video for you.
This is the worst part of YouTube. Just read the manual.
I’ll admit that once upon a time someone would have written up the solution somewhere and now it’s buried in a fucking video.
The existence of this shitty platform makes the internet worse.