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Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations.
(sh.itjust.works)
https://files.catbox.moe/a6111d.png / https://nitter.poast.org/LinusTech/status/1825956050685800834
If you go the video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsjHMzGl-VY. You will see it's gone. So Youtube being Youtube.
Here's a Odysee mirror of the video, https://odysee.com/@jopec:7/linus-tech-tips-degoogle-your-life-part-2-adfree-youtube:0.
Well that's a thumbnail I'd never click on
Their video about thumbnail A/B testing was quite interesting to see. Considering how they have dedicated designers to make these thumbnails I guess that works pretty well, despite your personal opinion on it, with which I agree too.
Unfortunately this is just the way it is on YT now. Post clickbait thumbnails, or miss out on hundreds of thousands of views. Because that's the way YT likes it. They don't want to positively weight long-term high-quality content, they want to promote clickbait.
If someone cares about their view count then you shouldn’t give their content your time of day
Quite the opposite. If they didn't care about the view count the content wouldn't exist in the first place. No one makes content with the intention of no one watching it, and they certainly don't make high quality content that requires a team of people and expensive equipment.
They make them because it’s fun/they are passionate
And that makes them higher quality
At a bare minimum they make them because they're passionate about sharing with others. In which case they care about the view count. Once again, no one makes a video and uploads it to a video-sharing platform and doesn't care who watches it.
Having the time and money to dedicate to making high quality content makes them higher quality. If they have to work a 9-5 doing something else, and they record everything on a Galaxy S4 because they have no money, it's bound to be lower quality or just non-existent.
You need to spend more time around small channels
LTT is a good example of how what you’re saying is bullshit. All the money in the world but they’re still tech illiterate people making tech videos
Which would tell me what, exactly?
Any you want to recommend?
I guess it depends what you’re looking for
https://m.youtube.com/@BudgetBin/videos
If you want budget builds
You have I have very different ideas of tech illiterate. Most of the hosts have forgotten more than I care to learn. I guess if you work very technical tech stuff 24-7 you have a higher standard.
It’s just the constant falsehoods and misleading
What do you mean? I've found their testing graphs especially to be very clear.
Building on a budget? Blow the whole budget on a graphics card and upgrade the rest of it later so we can stay under budget. “We got this part for free so it doesn’t count against the budget”. “Let me stand on the computer case to get it to fit”
ROG Ally vs Steamdeck? Make sure you use a keyboard and mouse + always have it plugged in. Recommend the Ally over the Steamdeck because it’s better in the above setup
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w5h_1Buf54I
This video, why is he saying Snapdragon instead of ARM? It makes even less sense when he opens by saying he only said positive things before because of a sponsorship…then proceeds to have an ad
Also claims people think ARM systems fall behind until Apple fixed it which Apple ARM is irrelevant. The criticism of ARM is that it’s a different architecture. None of the graphics in the video matter because some things just won’t run
When he finally gets to the point that things just won’t run he says it’s fine because you would just use a dedicated gpu anyway and it only effects gaming…which is just a lie
We have had dedicated gpus on arm machines that doesn’t fix the “they are different architectures” issue that he is trying to mislead people away from
Here’s a video on it from a year ago https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=argfZlPZKdY
Though, he couldn’t get it working with Windows
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wl5H5rT87JE
And this pattern happens in all of his videos
Misleading graphs with no knowledge of the actual issue trying to be addressed
Dude, this isn't the Youtube of 2006 anymore.
Content creating, whether for TV, Radio, or Internet is a job.
Just ignore the people trying to change that
That's the way that yields the longest combined watch time from the audience.
Do they go back and change thumbnails after a while? LTT does focus on a lot of evergreen content as well.
No, that would be rewarding creators with a long history of producing high quality content.
YouTube gives a b testing for YouTubers based on watch time, so they can tune their thumbnails to the one that gets the most watch time. The audience doesn't always know the history of the chanel, they need to go off the thumbnail.
As part of the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins, i have to say that while i dont love thumbnails like that, i still click on the video because i know it'll be quality
And that's why I have Dearrow. Bye bye bait thumbnails and titles.
Problem is that these people still get views then
People start yt channels for a lot of reason and probably the biggest reason is money. I don't really understand your fixation over yt channels only being passion project.
i understand even less when people are saying that when someone does something out of passion it should allow us to consume it for free
Especially with some channels being financially successful labors of love like Red Letter Media.
You have to understand shit like these thumbsnails arent made for people like you and me.
They are made for the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins who are incapable of rational, independent thought. The kind that run out and put sandpaper on their windshield wipers and microwave their phones to "fast recharge" them because they saw a video that said to do that.
and the sad, terrifying reality, is these mentally stunted little goblins outnumber us by margins that are too terrifying to even think about.
Aren't you just such a smart, special, edgy boy
Weird take, but you do you man.
Username checks out
This is why I love my username.
Cause its low hanging fruit that people who can mount no actual counter point cant resist the urge to reach for.
Whether or not it's a valid counter point you continue to act superior when all you achieve is be a massive dick to people that don't mind the thumbnail or video
Projecting a bit with that whole "Acting superior" claim, aintcha.
well, there are quite a lot of stupid things i did as a kid. kids just need to learn critical thinking through experience.
i would guess, that a large audience of youtube is kids: except retirees, they usually have the most free time.
Yes, because nothing says "intellectual superiority" quite like ranting about thumbnails on the internet..
We should all endeavor to learn from your shining example.
All of their thumbnails are unfortunately click-baity. They spoke about ut in an older video. Apparently, the click-baity images drive too much traffic for them to justify something more subtle.
Oh, no I totally get it. I'm well aware I'm in the tiny minority that are put off by them. It's just the kind of illusion that once it gets broken you can no longer unsee it.
It's the same with clickbait headlines. If it's a question, the answer is no.
"Is this the end of Russia?"
No.
keeps on scrolling
There's a Firefox plugin that replaces YT thumbnails with stills from the video. It makes browsing YT so much better.
Why does this and maybe something to replace the title with just an accurate thesis statement kind of titlesounds so good to me!
Dearrow does both.
what the shit is going on with that neon ass hair
They let Luke bleach it on the wan show.
He's never done it before, and took too long so some parts are ultra blonde and others are barely different.
Doesn't matter how good the video is if nobody clicks on it, Veritasium already made a great one about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
/r/punchablefaces material