▲ 894 ▼ Some veteran YouTube staff think Shorts might ruin YouTube (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 245 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You should consider leaving. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) In case of Apple TV, it's the smoothest TV software experience, leaps and bounds above any ad-ridden smart TV or aging Nvidia Shield. I used Android TV and it's just jank. For a time I had HTPC with Kodi too, it's been relegated to hosting Plex and downloading stuff from Usenet. I enjoyed freedom to install anything but ultimately this didn't outweight better audio codec support on Apple TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) ad-ridden smart TV Oh the irony... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. Apple software is obviously ad free and I have no problem with paying for YouTube Premium due to value it provides. Some good soul on Lemmy also recommended me a way to block sponsored content via isponsorblocktv which is a script that runs on my server and skips sponsored segments by reading YouTube app state and sending fast forward commands like a remote would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. The fact that you're calling Android "ad-ridden" (which it's not) in a conversation about how you can't remove ads on Apple devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago I called smart TVs ad-ridden, might have been bad wording on my part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) In case of Apple TV, it's the smoothest TV software experience, leaps and bounds above any ad-ridden smart TV or aging Nvidia Shield. I used Android TV and it's just jank. For a time I had HTPC with Kodi too, it's been relegated to hosting Plex and downloading stuff from Usenet. I enjoyed freedom to install anything but ultimately this didn't outweight better audio codec support on Apple TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) ad-ridden smart TV Oh the irony... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. Apple software is obviously ad free and I have no problem with paying for YouTube Premium due to value it provides. Some good soul on Lemmy also recommended me a way to block sponsored content via isponsorblocktv which is a script that runs on my server and skips sponsored segments by reading YouTube app state and sending fast forward commands like a remote would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. The fact that you're calling Android "ad-ridden" (which it's not) in a conversation about how you can't remove ads on Apple devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago I called smart TVs ad-ridden, might have been bad wording on my part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) ad-ridden smart TV Oh the irony... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. Apple software is obviously ad free and I have no problem with paying for YouTube Premium due to value it provides. Some good soul on Lemmy also recommended me a way to block sponsored content via isponsorblocktv which is a script that runs on my server and skips sponsored segments by reading YouTube app state and sending fast forward commands like a remote would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. The fact that you're calling Android "ad-ridden" (which it's not) in a conversation about how you can't remove ads on Apple devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago I called smart TVs ad-ridden, might have been bad wording on my part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. Apple software is obviously ad free and I have no problem with paying for YouTube Premium due to value it provides. Some good soul on Lemmy also recommended me a way to block sponsored content via isponsorblocktv which is a script that runs on my server and skips sponsored segments by reading YouTube app state and sending fast forward commands like a remote would. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. The fact that you're calling Android "ad-ridden" (which it's not) in a conversation about how you can't remove ads on Apple devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago I called smart TVs ad-ridden, might have been bad wording on my part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Not sure what you're making a stab at. The fact that you're calling Android "ad-ridden" (which it's not) in a conversation about how you can't remove ads on Apple devices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago I called smart TVs ad-ridden, might have been bad wording on my part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] misk@sopuli.xyz [S] 1 point 3 years ago I called smart TVs ad-ridden, might have been bad wording on my part. permalink fedilink source parent