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"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership (www.sportskeeda.com)
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A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.

EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJE

Fun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.

Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.

Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?

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[-] idefix@sh.itjust.works 33 points 5 months ago

They are using automatic dubbing by default here in France! I was horrified the first time.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 5 months ago

After some time it "learns" you don't want it.

But what grinds my gears instead are auto-translated video titles.
Because I am watching maybe 70-80% english content I decided the lesser evil is to just set the language to english instead.
Annoying as fuck but managable.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

Because I am watching maybe 70-80% english content I decided the lesser evil is to just set the language to english instead.

Google has always made it extremely clear that they don't believe it's possible for the human brain to know more than one language, and that anyone who claims to know more than one is a liar and a witch and has no place in their platforms.

[-] 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 months ago

I hate them for auto translating the video titles and descriptions with no way to turn them off, I even installed an extension to restore the original titles but YT broke it again intentionally or unintentionally with their unending tweaks.

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

It horrifies me as a German. They also get titles, descriptions and comments wrong all the time. It legitimately doesn't work.

[-] poopkins@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

This honestly doesn't surprise me, because English proficiency in France is below that of Spain, Russia and even Italy, which says a lot.

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

That's because the french media industry is very strong, and virtually everything is dubbed.

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