DJDarren

So we finally signed up to Nebula yesterday, and all it took was the triumphant return of Tom Scott.

https://nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-england-trailer

And yeah, that's a great first episode. The health and safety nerd in me wasn't terribly happy about the workshop, but it's entertaining.

As a bonus, I finally get to watch @notjustbikes new show as well.

Tom Scott: England — Official Trailer

Nebula
8:08amWeb
Show threadDJDarren6h ago

I'd be interested to see the subscription numbers for Nebula before and after this episode was released. Tom is very, very popular, and it's currently only £30 for a year's subscription.

Had a brief scan through it on the Apple TV app last night, and I was surprised by how many of the people I watch on YouTube are already on Nebula, so that's nice. And it means that I don't have to spend too much time fucking about with alternative ways to watch YT on Apple TV without having to pay an extortionate fee or tolerate a frankly unreasonable amount of adverts.

Show threadDJDarren6h ago
TURNS OUT, GOOGLE, THAT IF YOU OFFER A GOOD SERVICE FOR A REASONABLE PRICE, PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO TRY AND PIRATE YOUR SHIT.
Show threadDJDarren5h ago

Seriously though; a few years back I discovered that you could sign up to YouTube Premium using a VPN in a country where it was considerably less expensive. As a result, I had a family plan from Ukraine that cost me about £6 a month.

And I was happy with that.

I could watch what I liked on Apple TV without adverts, and so could T on their own profile. It was great. We watched a lot of YT together.

But then YT closed that loophole and shitcanned our subscription. They wanted £20 a month to continue. I'm not paying twenty fucking quid just for YouTube. £240 a year. Astonishing. More than all of the streaming services.

And yeah, you get YT Music included, but I never, ever used it because I use Apple Music.

So instead, I put together a little script that downloads using yt-dlp into a Jellyfin server.

And Google then got £0 from me.

Fuck 'em.

Show threadtootbrute5h ago
@DJDarren yt-dlp is magic ☺️
Show threadPeet Tetteroo3h ago

@DJDarren

Transition #DeBigTech - drop Windows and Google for Linux - and your Apple phone for a FairPhone 6 running on e/OS..

Show threadDJDarren2h ago

@Pettet8 Cheers for the advice for which I didn't ask.

But, like, I already *do* use Linux. And my phone is running Graphene...

Show threadDavid Cohen1h ago
@DJDarren @Pettet8 It’s the Fedi. Unsolicited advice is in its nature.
Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)1h ago

@davidbcohen @DJDarren @Pettet8

I think you'll find etc etc

Show threadDavid Cohen1h ago

@DJDarren I see people all the time saying that YouTube Premium is great value because YouTube is so awfully bad without it. Which really misses the point - Ad-driven YT becoming unusable is not an organic process, it is quite deliberate!

I pay for YouTube Premium Lite, which is OK for now. However, I firmly expect them to increase the ad load on that too over time.

Show threadMartin Rothe5h ago
@DJDarren @notjustbikes I started watching Jetlag when Tom appeared on it, then signed up to Nebula to watch more jetlag and now I'm getting more Tom on Nebula too, so seems like a win-win situation.
Show threadDJDarren5h ago
@m_rothe It's Tom all the way down, baby. @notjustbikes
Show threadDavid5h ago
@DJDarren @notjustbikes There is a lot of good stuff on there. Eldest got me into it via Jet Lag: The Game, which is our current family favourite.
Show threadDJDarren5h ago
@theplaguedoc Yeah, Jet Lag looks fun. Kinda like Race Across the World, but with challenges too.
Show threadGary 4h ago
@DJDarren @theplaguedoc sounds interesting, not heard of that before...
Show threadDJDarren4h ago
@WiteWulf @theplaguedoc #RaceyRaceyNebulaShow
Show threadDavid4h ago
@DJDarren @WiteWulf They play tag or hide and seek with countries or continents as the playing area. Lots of public transport if you're into that (I am). Being American, they are in awe of working trains.
Show threadGary 5h ago

@DJDarren lol re. the H&S 😀

I'm looking for somewhere to do the risk assessment for my GNC2 and I'm seriously considering going down the road and asking those lads nicely!

Show threadGary 4h ago
@DJDarren my one complaint about Tom's show is the shaky handheld camera in some segments gave me all sorts of motion sickness when watching on the Big Telly 🤢
Show threadDJDarren4h ago
@WiteWulf My complaint was that I didn't see a single fire extinguisher when they were setting fire to shit. Also, Tom balancing precariously on the edge of the furnace.
Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)59m ago
@DJDarren Ooh, thanks for that. And Ep 1 is all about somewhere less than a mile from me!