▲ 690 ▼ YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com) submitted 6 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social 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.
[–] suriyuko@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) What's nebula? Where can I find it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 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 replies: [–] suriyuko@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Alright thanks, will check it out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 0 points 6 months ago Make sure to sign up via a creator's link! (the ones they'll put in the sponsored section of a video where they are "sponsored" by Nebula as one of Nebula's creators) Gets you a pretty good discount and drops it to about 30 bucks a year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] other_cat@piefed.zip 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 replies: [–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 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
[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 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 replies: [–] suriyuko@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Alright thanks, will check it out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 0 points 6 months ago Make sure to sign up via a creator's link! (the ones they'll put in the sponsored section of a video where they are "sponsored" by Nebula as one of Nebula's creators) Gets you a pretty good discount and drops it to about 30 bucks a year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] other_cat@piefed.zip 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 replies: [–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 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
[–] suriyuko@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Alright thanks, will check it out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 0 points 6 months ago Make sure to sign up via a creator's link! (the ones they'll put in the sponsored section of a video where they are "sponsored" by Nebula as one of Nebula's creators) Gets you a pretty good discount and drops it to about 30 bucks a year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 0 points 6 months ago Make sure to sign up via a creator's link! (the ones they'll put in the sponsored section of a video where they are "sponsored" by Nebula as one of Nebula's creators) Gets you a pretty good discount and drops it to about 30 bucks a year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 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 replies: [–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 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
[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 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