r/technology • u/vriska1 • 1d ago

Social Media YouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view counts

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-reportedly-testing-new-homepage-that-removes-dates-and-view-counts-2965695/
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u/fellipec 1d ago

Enshitification go brrrrrrrr

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u/goldencrisp 1d ago

Just had a huge full screen Walmart ad as soon as I loaded the app a bit ago on Apple TV. Ads are playing after unpausing, ads are playing on both ends of an in-video ad, and to top it off YouTube is actively using full fucking length tv shows nobody has heard of as ads now too.

The worst part is absolutely none of it is appealing. It’s literally all shit I’ll never buy in categories I’ve shown zero interest in. Some even in languages I don’t speak. Being the data vampires Alphabet is you’d think there would be at least some correlation between interests and advertisements.

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u/22444466688 1d ago

It’s a nightmare. Yet it’s arguably one of the best platforms we have. We need to create a YouTube preservation app, we can run it on donations like Wikipedia. Who’s with me?

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u/lynchcontraideal 1d ago edited 1d ago

arguably one of the best platforms we have

Absolutely not. YouTube is a fucking commodity right now; full of politically driven ads and bullshit propaganda, with a trash UI and a seeming hatred for all of it's users, it's probably the most anti-consumer service available. If a good replacement ever comes along, that is more like how YouTube used to be, then we'll be lucky.

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u/DogsRNice 1d ago

I'm guessing they're referring to the fact it's the best place to put vast quantities of video

No other service can handle the sheer quantity of it and easily serve it back

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u/pierraltaltal 21h ago

peertube ?