Not even speaking about all the ads in the default YouTube app without a subscription.

The app is basically useless in my opinion. It defaults to freaking 240p for every video. My phone is definitively not the problem, also not the Internet connection. Watching in Firefox on the same connection gives me normal expected quality.

This was better on some “feature phones” without touchscreen!!! YouTube app works and playback is in 720p / 1080p

  • @Fungah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I couldn’t imagine signing into YouTube. Or really watching YouTube for any extended period

    For me it’s exclusively something I sit through while infuriatsd that I’m having to watch a fucking video instead of reading a writeup on it.

    Seriously. Do you people actually enjoy having to hit the fucking pause button and clicking back 9000 times? What the fuck.

    • @popemichael@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      I listen to a lot of media, like Manhwa recaps, audiobooks, podcasts, true crime.

      Some days I click on YouTube once at 10am when I wake up and sit down in front of the computer and once again after my day is over and I go to bed.

      YouTube is more than educational videos or prank videos.

      You should look into “YouTube Longform content”

      This is content, usually over 2 hours, that’s highly entertaining and comprehensive.

      Consider PatricianTV

      They made a Skyrim retrospective that was 20 hours long Part 1 Part 2

      It’s not a let’s play or anything of the like. It’s an actual factual longform review

      Not only is it a masterpiece, but it’s a comprehensive masterpiece.