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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 22 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Sorry I don't click YT, unless it's really worth it. What is the video about?

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i have no affiliation with this but i recommend peertubeify. it automatically or links to the same video on peertube

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/peertubeify/

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

+, peertube has a feature to auto-upload YT videos based on links too :)

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thx once again. Great video, well worth listening to.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago
[–] Libb@jlai.lu 3 points 3 days ago

thx, a lot! I will watch it asap :)

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i was like you for years. YEARS!

newpipe (or some other front end) saved me from missing absolutely everything

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm going to continue missing out I guess. Youtube isn't the problem, it's videos. It used to be that if you wanted to learn something, you could just read it. Now everything is a video. I hate it.

[–] itslola@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's a video because it's a TED Talk (not a TED Essay). However, they do provide transcripts: https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like/transcript

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Thanks. Excellent read, and it took me less than a minute to get through instead of the 20 it would have taken to watch (assuming I remembered to by the time I'm somewhere I can watch a video).

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Strong agree. Looking for help for a specific step in a process sucks balls. Nothing is searchable anymore, you have to skip through the video in the hopes of seeing the person do two clicks you're missing and that's it. Even worse are the slideshow videos.

[–] Ging@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

May I ask why the strict yt avoidance? Have no intentions of persuading you either way, just curious.

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 5 points 2 days ago

It's a personal choice, based on personal priorities.

[–] 01011@monero.town 5 points 3 days ago
  1. Google

  2. They’re now trying to force people to log in just to watch any videos. Included embedded videos.

I really wish people would use alternative platforms.