When pay is basically non existent is there a reason to be on spotify? Or is it for “exposure” in hopes of finding new fans.

I uninstalled chrome. Stopped logging into YouTube. And moved to freetube on desktop. Newpipe on Android.

But it’s $1600 Apple. Not the cheapest Mac book air.

It pushed me more towards degoogling. Was already using newpipe on Android and ignoring the YouTube app, and now I’m on freetube on desktop. No need for Google account anymore to look at the feed I want.

If there’s a more active community it could be a good idea to have the community locked but have a thread redirecting visitors to the other community to help the one that’s still alive grow.

I feel safer with F-droid.

Old habits die hard from reddit of coming for the comments than the article.

Because famous figures or organizations are the primary draw for the mainstream audience over random users. And many use it because they themselves hope to use the huge platform to promote or try to become an influencer.

I think in general I have a really bad attitude towards engagement interactions, since I was well aware of the cliche recommended sales people tactics that any of those techniques rub me the wrong way. I prefer more grounded deliveries that don’t leave me with the impression of a sales encounter.

I don’t like being told what to do. And everyone does it so it becomes an incredibly over done catch phrase. I’ll decide on my own if I want to like or subscribe, and I hate it when they ask at the beginning of the video. At that point they are telling you to blindly do it.

Oh I didn’t realize that actually converted titles too. That’s amazing.

I love skip to highlight, and I hate interaction reminders more than sponsored ads or ads. I especially hate the ones that tell you to like and subscribe at the very beginning when you haven’t even seen the video to even decide if this is something you actually want to add to your feed or even liked.

It’s so obnoxious. Without sponsorblock I’d be just exiting out a lot of videos.

Block tube is also something I’ve come to love, since there’s some popular channels that always clutter search results even if you don’t watch their videos. So removing them makes results more relevant instead of having to keep looking down the list for other channel videos.

Thanks for the link. Yeah, just length alone isn’t a good reason to dismiss a video since if something is interesting I’ll watch it like that NFT video.

More just when it comes to the coverage around LTT it is at the end of the day just some YouTube channel being called out and the PR response getting whole flood of talking heads jumping on the bandwagon. It’s one of the topics now that feels so run to the ground for what is gossip or opinion pieces that until there’s either more concrete new evidence from within the organization or new content from LTT to talk about it’s not the most engaging topic for a long exposé with there being no new revelation to be attention grabbing.

Which is the main reason why for at least just LTT videos the duration was a turn off in the current offerings of LTT focused videos with it being so over saturated. Of course, if it had Linus or anyone from LTT being invited to interviewed then yeah that’d be interesting.

First time hearing of that video. Is the name drop of that title meant to indicate it was a viral hit or something? Quantities of videos on YouTube are endless and constantly being churned out, so part of why people want some strong selling point when it comes to topics many others have covered and keep covering. Especially during phases when every youtuber seems to be covering the topic to take advantage of the algorithm.

Yeah, tech side is irrelevant.

Many people like worshiping prominent figures, and looking up to them for inspiration and socializing with other fans about their adoration and displaying signs of support for them. It’s nothing unique to tech.

Kardashians, Trump, Rogan, etc. List is endless in all spaces.

https://youtubetranscript.com/?v=Ez9uVSKLYUI

Any AI bot to summarize this. Highly doubt most people are going to want to watch 1.5 hours of this video.

That’s not what’s being discussed. It’s whether laws are being broken. That’s why the discussion is about piracy not payment.

Mp3s are fortunately in a really good place with them being DRM free. Was why when Google Music shut down I was still able to download my music purchases and keep them for myself. It’s one of more widespread consumer friendly digital options out there compared to all the DRM and account based digital options that exist for other products.

You become the product with name, address, and payment details attached to the account for improved demographic data for them to collect. Win win.

People did move here from reddit after all. That’s why I recommend apps like lemmy connect on Android with keyword filtering. You can’t control what people post, but you can regain control by controlling what you see.