this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
105 points (100.0% liked)
Furry Technologists
1533 readers
1 users here now
Science, Technology, and pawbs
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Maybe just stop watching youtube? I don't even watch an hour of youtube tutorials a month. Go ahead and kick me off, I'll just stop visiting the site. Just like I'm doing with reddit (which I've even blocked at the router level to avoid it)
I was surprised at how little I actually cared about the reddit communities I was subscribed to. I switched to Lemmy on 6/12 and just never thought about reddit again. I use a couple RSS feeds to get the same news now (which is a better idea anyway), and Lemmy has enough people in the topics I'm actually interested in so I don't feel like I'm missing any important discussion.
I suspect it will be the same story with Youtube for me. I really don't need to be watching Youtube 95% of the time. I tune in to videos because it's convenient. If Google is going to make it inconvenient, the value proposition changes and I'd rather do something else to fill my time. I wonder if there will be backlash from creators now that many users are inherently disincentivized from visiting Youtube...
Lol funny you mention RSS. I LOVE my RSS feeds - I've been building my subscription list for decades. I used other services before Google Reader, now I use feedly (what do you use?).
I subscribe to hundreds of RSS feeds of all sorts - from technical blogs to news feeds. I always try to explain to people that I get a "firehose" of content sorted by timestamp. I don't have an algorithm choosing which data to prioritize.
Did you know that Aaron Swartz (one of the original reddit developers) was also a leader who developed the RSS standards? God the word lost a great man - imagine what he could have done for humanity if he lived a full life.
Funny thing is that I usually use Youtube for DIY repair videos. Now ChatGPT and simple google searches (to confirm info) have replaced most of my needs. I even use Chat to teach me how to use new software (which I would formally watch videos to learn).
Besides, I really don't watch television/videos in general. I have far more important things to do with my free time like running a small business and micro homestead to live an almost fully self sufficient lifestyle. I find skimming RSS feeds and reading selected articles a far more efficient use of my free time (I only used to visit reddit for the occasional social interaction with fellow enthusiasts of whatever topic, and hope that kbin/fediverse will replace that 'itch')
@cassetti @stefenauris @yote_zip I could never find a service that matched GReader. I tried Protopage but it was way more Yahoo Portal-y.
I use self-hosted FreshRSS and Readrops on my phone, if you haven't tried those before. I'm not too picky with my RSS feed readers though!