I don't think I am the audience for YouTube any more.
YouTube is converging towards where all the social media sites are:
* shorts
* photo/text posts
* longer videos too - typically 12 minutes approx
* AI videos - some of which are fine but I want to be able to filter them out
* their algorithm/feed is very bad at letting me explore my interests, when I choose to - instead it feeds me stuff that leaves me unsatisified
But I came here years ago to watch TV made by people NOT bound to 12 minutes. I watch pretty much nothing else at night on the couch except YouTube but I am coming to realise it's no longer what I want.
That "original YouTube" seems to be gone. Nothing has replaced it.
Original youtube is there, it's called subscriptions tab. A curated list of high-quality content creators accumulated for over a decade.
Youtube certainly took a lot of unpopular decisions lately, but being able to stream any hi-res video ever posted in an instant and for "free" is a miracle. I will be happy with youtube for as long as content creators I care about are happy and I can get their fresh content via browser, yt-dlp, or other means.
wewewedxfgdf · · focus · HN ↗
I don't think I am the audience for YouTube any more.
YouTube is converging towards where all the social media sites are:
* shorts
* photo/text posts
* longer videos too - typically 12 minutes approx
* AI videos - some of which are fine but I want to be able to filter them out
* their algorithm/feed is very bad at letting me explore my interests, when I choose to - instead it feeds me stuff that leaves me unsatisified
But I came here years ago to watch TV made by people NOT bound to 12 minutes. I watch pretty much nothing else at night on the couch except YouTube but I am coming to realise it's no longer what I want.
That "original YouTube" seems to be gone. Nothing has replaced it.
ivanjermakov · · focus · HN ↗
Youtube certainly took a lot of unpopular decisions lately, but being able to stream any hi-res video ever posted in an instant and for "free" is a miracle. I will be happy with youtube for as long as content creators I care about are happy and I can get their fresh content via browser, yt-dlp, or other means.
PaulDavisThe1st · · focus · HN ↗
Alternatively, it's there in my RSS reader app, where I can see new stuff showing up without even visiting or interacting with YT.