690
YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
282 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 32 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Nebula is pretty good these days, I can't remember the last time I deliberately watched something on YouTube.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, Nebula is awesome.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    Nebula doesn't have the random crap I watch.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Might just be my account but YouTube algorithms got so sensitive I'm afraid to watch random crap, I watch like 1 video about a topic then for a week that's all I get.

    But yeah it's more for intentional viewing than watching random crap, but I saw that as a bonus feature as it led to me procrastinating less.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    This is a real problem... Like I'm afraid to watch certain things knowing full well I want it to be a one and done, but if I click on it LITERALLY EVERY OTHER RECOMMENDATION IS A DUPLICATE OF THE RANDOM VIDEO for days or until I start interacting with it to stop seeing them.

    Like WTAF, I shouldn't have to manage my feed that hard. Maybe if I watch 3 or 5 videos of the same topic or from the same creator you can start recommending them.

    But even then, 3-5 watches of a rabbit hole one random Tuesday does not mean I'm suddenly interested in fishing for the rest of my life !

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    What's nebula? Where can I find it?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_%28streaming_service%29

    It has a bunch of popular YouTube channels.

    It doesn't really have a recommendation engine but if you already have a bunch of creators on there it's a cheap way to go as free.

    They also have a bunch of Nebula exclusive series, like the guy who makes Not Just Bikes going to cities and trying all their transit in one day.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I say this as someone with a nebula account and likes to watch stuff from nebula: I strongly dislike their website. My biggest annoyance is I can't go to a specific creator's page and search for videos that I know exist, I have to scroll through their entire history searching for it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Search just fully doesn't work on my android TV.

    100% agree that the app needs work, although someone else in this thread mentioned grayjay which can frontend multiple sources including nebula and patreon so I'm trying that now

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Speedrunners unfortunately use YouTube and twitch only. So it’s pick your cancer on that front.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •