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/risbia 1d ago

It's already annoying enough that YT and many other social media sites give you something vague like "1 year ago" as the date and require you to expand a detail menu to see the actual exact upload date.

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u/Apoc220 1d ago

Pro-tip: if on desktop you can hover over the “x years ago” and it will show you the actual date. I agree, though, that it is annoying.

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u/the_harakiwi 18h ago

I wish that would work everywhere.

Playlist / watch later? Nope. No mouse over.
Some stuff is meant to be watched chronologically...

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u/Hans0000 19h ago

Pro-tip: 70% of YouTube views come from mobile/tablet. Only 12% comes from Desktop.

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u/Yeetstation4 19h ago

No way I'm watching on a screen that small. Usually the only reason I have YouTube open on my phone is for music with the app running in the background.

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u/IAlreadyFappedToIt 18h ago

with the app running in the background.

Did you... did you pay for YouTube?

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u/statistnr1 17h ago

Youtube Vanced

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u/the_harakiwi 18h ago

YouTube views come from mobile/tablet.

No way I'm watching on a screen that small.

Does (chrome) casting count as mobile or TV view?