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Google is also experimenting with my not using YouTube any more.
I use youtube for mediocre garbage content to fill airspace. I don't need it. I would be better off without it. Don't push me google, because I'll fucking jump.
I already jumped off of a number of their other services, what's one more?
I've almost completely quit youtube. Go ahead drive in that final nail.
Its a shame that content creators don't truly own the content on YouTube and can simply opt out of DRM on their videos.
Also weird timing considering boycotting is a common topic right now.
Funny enough they used to use their own video playback codec which had to be cracked in order for downloaders to work, so technically they've been doing DRM for a long long time.
If they do this my watching 2 hours a day with YouTube Premier is over. I will not subject myself to advertising.
The number one reason I use YouTube is for fitness routines I can do at home (going to a physical gym means I will not workout), and keeping up on finance news. I will gladly find other ways to get this information. I just use YouTube because itβs the easiest and has all of the people I like in one place.
I'll pay for deezer or apple music if I have to, lol
This kills the YouTube. Maybe not quickly, but it will be a large nail in the coffin should they double down on it.
Iβm sitting here reading this as my spouse watches the stock YouTube client with ads on a TV that also has SmartTubeNext installed. Evidently, the ads are preferable over a less refined UX when youβre less neurodivergent and donβt jolt out of your seat whenever a stupid, loud ad comes on. As much as Iβd like to say DRM will kill YouTube, objectively speaking, it probably wonβt. What it may do instead is kill YouTube clients with better accessibility for neurodivergent folks like SmartTubeNext.
I pay for Premium and if they actually do this I'll stop my subscription. Web DRM is stupid and I hate that other Streaming Services already have it. Apart from being another resource sink in browsers, it'll stop third party clients which I use and it also turns off Nvidia Shadowplay which is annoying as it doesn't automatically turn back on once the DRM content is no longer loaded.
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