Has YouTube experienced enshittification?

  • Joeffect@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    So I just installed Linux on a new computer and during the short install I went to YouTube for something but it didn’t even give me a list of videos to watch instead it told me I had to search so it can build a list of videos to recommend.

    I’m not sure if this is a new change or what but along with this and taking away information I’m ready to just drop YouTube altogether probably better for my health… There is one service that was created by the people who do jetlag I might give them a try at this point.

    • ArchRecord@lemm.ee
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      1 hour ago

      There is one service that was created by the people who do jetlag I might give them a try at this point.

      Nebula is pretty good, and has a lot of creators on it, but I personally have had issues with videos buffering or not being playable until 5-10 seconds after clicking on them. It might just be my browser (I use Firefox with a ton of various extensions and settings changes that affect rendering and content loading), but it’s something to note depending on how much you care about the user experience.

      I think they let you view a video or two for free though, so you can test that out beforehand if you wanted to.