YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.

  • traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    9 hours ago

    It has been breaking a lot lately and it’s really sad. I pretty much pull all of my content off of YouTube now through yt-dlp so once that goes, im pretty much entirely YouTube free. I absolutely refuse to use it in the state it’s in now and really wish more creators would offer content on other platforms. Yt-dip is amazing and great but shouldn’t be the permanent solution.

    • knexcar@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      6 hours ago

      Isn’t that what Nebula/CuriosityStream is? All my favorite YouTubers promote it, though the caveat is you have to pay but I think the money actually goes to the creators (and they put bonus content on it like a patreon).

      • Tja@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 hours ago

        With YouTube 55% of the money goes to the creators (and they don’t need to pay hosting costs).