Opinion: YouTube is dead.

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PartHuman

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PartHuman
Dec 8, 2020 40 Comments

Reasons: Ads, UX, click-bait content.

YouTube had been part of my life, until few months ago where the up tick in ads completely destroyed the experience. Ads blocks don’t even work. What’s worse is I saw ads on my own video, which I’ve haven’t seen a single dollar in compensation.

Introducing a paid version of product that is initially free is the worst UX in software design. Either have paid version from the get go like Netflix.

Secondly the trending page is the most toxic content on the internet.

The platform is like generalist, tries to do everything and sucks at it. Much better UX to go to specialist platforms like Spotify for music, Calm for mediation, Netflix for movies, etc...etc

I will miss TechLead.

TC: 160
#tech #Google #youtube

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TOP 40 Comments
  • YouTube hyper growth is dead. YouTube is just a behemoth now.
    Dec 8, 2020 0
  • New
    pizzaButt

    New

    pizzaButt
    Ads destroy experience for real. Instead of advertising, it’s now trying to annoy users to pay the premium. Like why the fuck it plays ads at the end of the video. When you rewind, you need to watch an ad. Ads every 5 minutes on some music videos. You can’t skip 15 seconds ads. It’s destroying experience.
    Dec 8, 2020 0
  • Microsoft / Product
    d38sd

    Go to company page Microsoft Product

    d38sd
    Youtube is not dead because there's no alternative.
    Dec 8, 2020 4
  • IEEE
    PartHuman

    IEEE

    PartHuman
    OP
    To add: there’s a meditation channel that I used to follow, and the guy that runs it is mad because they’re showing ads on his channel despite him saying that he will never advertise on it and he tried to contact YouTube and hasn’t received response
    Dec 8, 2020 1
  • Amazon
    cachednuts

    Go to company page Amazon

    cachednuts
    Your first mistake was visiting the trending page. It’s meant for videos with the highest ad revenue brought in by the average teenage zoomer

    FYI uOrigin blocks YT ads
    Dec 8, 2020 0