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EEVblog&some other YouTube channels, no longer free, at best (HD) quality levels
MK14:
--- Quote from: MK14 on August 19, 2023, 03:11:02 pm ---I already have fibre to my premiss. My ISP probably cripples my speed because I don't want to pay enough for the speed.
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That makes sense. Your reasoning behind that decision, was probably similar, to why I'm not especially interested in a YouTube Premium subscription. I don't especially care for it.
I only really see YouTube as something that gives some entertainment some of the time, not something I'd like to give lots of cash to, to make it better.
If I did suddenly go for subscriptions, stuff like Netflix/Amazon-Prime, would probably get to the top of the list. Because I can appreciate that quality movies and shows, cost fair chunks of money when paying for them, when buying DVDs/Blu-rays, going to the Cinema or any other methods of watching block-buster movies and so fourth (recent ones, as opposed to the generally old ones, TV stations typically show, non-BBC ones, have adverts as well).
pdenisowski:
--- Quote from: MK14 on August 19, 2023, 03:13:29 pm ---I only really see YouTube as something that gives some entertainment some of the time, not something I'd like to give lots of cash to, to make it better.
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But for many people, YouTube is also an educational / instructional resource.
The amount of time and money I've saved by learning about things or how to do things on YouTube would be well worth what I pay a month for channels that are primarily entertainment (Netflix, Hulu, Max, etc.)
Kim Christensen:
--- Quote from: pdenisowski on August 19, 2023, 03:43:02 pm ---But for many people, YouTube is also an educational / instructional resource.
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Now that Google owns Youtube, it seems like Youtube turns up in the search results more than it should. So something that could be explained by a single graphic or paragraph, now becomes a tedious 5-10 minute video. Don't get me wrong. For some things a video is a great format. But it seems that too much of it is all about feeding you ads while dispensing very little actual info.
MK14:
--- Quote from: pdenisowski on August 19, 2023, 03:43:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: MK14 on August 19, 2023, 03:13:29 pm ---I only really see YouTube as something that gives some entertainment some of the time, not something I'd like to give lots of cash to, to make it better.
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But for many people, YouTube is also an educational / instructional resource.
The amount of time and money I've saved by learning about things or how to do things on YouTube would be well worth what I pay a month for channels that are primarily entertainment (Netflix, Hulu, Max, etc.)
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That is true, and I quite often use YouTube for that very purpose (but forgot about it, when I wrote that).
If I want precise, specific, intricate details, I will often try and find a Text/Graphics, type of solution/aid. But if I want a somewhat quick, easy introduction to that concept, a YouTube video can help.
E.g. Quick Sort.
If I want to implement it, then a text based description, would be more practicable to use, than a video.
But if I want to know why and how, Quick Sort is good, and an overview of how it works. A relevant video, can be the way to do it.
Unboxing or review videos, can be useful, when choosing what to buy.
Also, while I think of it. I'd prefer 90% to 99% of my money/donation, to go to the specific YouTube creator(s), I've chosen, if I was doing such a thing.
Rather than 1% to 10% (I just don't know, how much Google gives to the creators, because of the Premium Subscriptions), split between whatever Google thinks, the creators I made the most use of, that month.
I.e. It is a bit like going to a particular Petrol station, because a big sign on the forecourt, says "We give a percentage of our profits, to a charity".
Then me feeling all good and dandy, because I am contributing to charity, by using this Petrol station. I.e. Small (maybe even tiny) percentages, are potentially cons or gimmicks, rather than a good way of contributing to things.
MK14:
--- Quote from: Kim Christensen on August 19, 2023, 04:08:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: pdenisowski on August 19, 2023, 03:43:02 pm ---But for many people, YouTube is also an educational / instructional resource.
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Now that Google owns Youtube, it seems like Youtube turns up in the search results more than it should. So something that could be explained by a single graphic or paragraph, now becomes a tedious 5-10 minute video. Don't get me wrong. For some things a video is a great format. But it seems that too much of it is all about feeding you ads while dispensing very little actual info.
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I've noticed, similar. What really annoys me, is that I do a search, for some problem, XYZ. The top selections, may take me to websites that appear to give great answers, to XYZ.
But on visiting the first few (top) Google results, they can just insist you give them your contact details before continuing and are really just quick websites, made to appear to be answering your questions, when it really just took the Google search term, and created a title, making it look like it was a great answer, when it ends up being a big waste of time, on that website.
Similarly, I want (hypothetical), component ZX123456789ZB, and Amazon claim in Google results to have some.
So I click on it, and they DON'T have any, it was just something claiming to have it, based on your search terms. Which is quite ridiculous really (as your search should be private, between you and google, not something the website uses to create a specific clickbait title, just to try and get advertising views/revenue, from you), and a waste of everyone's time.
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