bundie5d ago

Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/media-habits-adults/passive-social-media-use-ai-companionship-and-online-side-hustles-uk-adults-media-and-online-lives-revealed

Show threadgradus_ad5d ago
YouTube Premium is the best $10 I spend per month. Nowhere else can I consistently find the sort of niche content that interests me.
Show thread2OEH8eoCRo0
I prefer newpipe for $0/mo
Apr 2 at 11:00amWeb
Show threadphilipphutterer5d ago
I prefer Tubular
Show threadkmarc5d ago

Do you know how it compares to LibreTube[1]? For the SponsorBlock integration; it works well for me, but I kinda miss the newpipe interface.

[1]: https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube

GitHub - libre-tube/LibreTube: An alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android.

An alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android. Contribute to libre-tube/LibreTube development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Show threadphilipphutterer5d ago
I've never tried LibreTube. I am used to the new pipe interface and had all my subscriptions managed their so the move to Tubular was easy.
Show threadthousand_nights5d ago

nowhere near comparable experience if you want to seamlessly use your YT account across a TV + phone + computer

i'd rather pay the $10 than pay with my time by being an ad-block whack-a-mole diagnostician

Show threadovi2565d ago
> ad-block whack-a-mole diagnostician
that is being done as open source community efforts now: NewPipe for mobile, SmartTube for smart TVs etc.
All you have to do is update them once in a while
Show threadcbdevidal5d ago

For those of us who are too cheap to pay the subscription:

On my iPhone I almost never see YTube ads. I don’t use the YTube app and instead I install Chrome and watch YT that way. I lose notifications—which is perfect for me, since I don’t want many notifications on my phone anyway.

This might also work in Safari but I haven’t tested it.

Show threadStevenNunez5d ago
On Android, Firefox with sponsorblock. I do pay for Premium though. In since YouTube Red.
Show thread2OEH8eoCRo05d ago
It's not comparable, it's superior! The youtube app stinks! And I don't care about "seamlessly" using it across my devices.
Show threadtwobitshifter5d ago
I mean it’s just $10. People are making livelihoods based off from YouTube. I get not liking ads, but if you have the option to go ad free for a low cost, why not do it? Do you pay for any of Netflix, Paramount, AppleTV, etc.?
Show threadfrizlab5d ago
I refuse to give google any cent (and I also do not use youtube at all, so at least I’m consistent).
Show thread2OEH8eoCRo05d ago

> Do you pay for any of Netflix, Paramount, AppleTV, etc.?

No.

Edit: I do pay $5/mo for PBS

Show threadtjpnz5d ago
I would prefer to pay that money to creators directly than to pay it to an adtech firm and trust that they'll dole it out fairly.
Show threadduskdozer5d ago

>if you have the option to go ad free for a low cost, why not do it?

It requires the use of a google account and there is no way to even request opting out of the accompanying data harvesting. Any "curation" or "recommendation" that would inevitably happen is also an anti-feature.

>Do you pay for any of Netflix, Paramount, AppleTV, etc.?

No

Show threadmacNchz5d ago
I find that all of Google’s ad products are under-moderated for malicious ads. It’s a choice on their part to not tightly control this—they certainly could, though it would harm their incredible profitability if they did more scrutiny on the ads they show. I personally don’t especially care to pay a premium not to see deepfakes of celebrities promoting crypto scams.