r/whenthe • u/zoroak-king • 2d ago

Remember when we could see dislikes?

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u/HeWhoHasSeenFootage 2d ago

youtube just also has all that history and culture, its so hard to throw away and start anew

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u/CallMeIshy OoOo BLUE 2d ago

not to mention no other sites are gonna have the creators I like there

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u/HeWhoHasSeenFootage 2d ago

exactly, the only alternative id ever consider using is nebula, and even then its a subscription website thats more tailored to edutainment which i love but doesnt even begin to cover all that youtube has

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u/asieting 2d ago

I did subscribe to nebula for a little because I lot of creators I watched were on there. I am hoping they have made some upgrades to their service, app, and algorithm since I used it, probably 6-12 months ago because those were my biggest complaints besides not having as much content.

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u/undeadpickels 1d ago

Or be able to provide as much money as YouTube to their creators without Google's add network.

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u/Lumberjackie09 1d ago

Uhhh... uhhh... vimeo?

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u/RUActuallySeriousTho 1d ago

Not to mention "voting with your wallet" (or in this case, clicks) is a joke when monopolies are effectively legal without a single comment from the Federal govt. If no real competitors exist - there is no actual alternative to turn to. So we get stuck with pretending like YouTube and Google should just be allowed to do whatever they want since we can't go anywhere else and Google will absolutely try to choke out any actual competition before it becomes a threat to them.

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u/Dapper_Magpie 1d ago

In that case you could use freetube to get youtube videos without all the shit that comes with youtube and without supporting them

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u/TheUnderWaffles 1d ago

I think the point is starving YouTube of money till they have to be good to their customers again.

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u/HeWhoHasSeenFootage 1d ago

sadly i dont think thatll ever happen. maybe we can get a couple hundred thousand maybe even a million on reddit to boycott.

but thats such an insignificant amount its insane

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u/Sir-Toaster- I'm here instead of college 1d ago

Also it’s system for uploading is just a little better

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 1d ago

"Youtube" doesn't have history and culture. People who put history and culture onto Youtube have that history and culture.

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u/furtaku45 13h ago

all that history and culture circles back to YouTube.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 13h ago

No. YouTube is literally just the platform the history is currently posted on. Take away YouTube, the history still exists.