Youtube Stuff Ramble :|

Okay so it's not news that Youtube has been taking action to crack down on ad-blockers and time people out from watching videos if they detect it on a browser. I think I don't need to explain why this is annoying, but I do want to say how I feel about all of this.

So when I was a little younger, my experience of youtube was all through the ipod handed down to me from my brother, in the youtube app. Which though that, I BARELY got any ads - probably none at all. I have fond memories of watching my favorite youtubers, animators, and tv-shows all through youtube - yeah I had to watch the shows through split up parts, but I was able to get through Soul Eater like NOTHING. Having that experience got me through some pretty dreary times in my life.

Ok, got my childhood sentiments out of the way, I think it was around 2013 or 14 that youtube did an entire overhaul and created a new app or something, the one that we know now. You can fill in the blanks with youtube's track record thus far.

I still watch youtube on mobile and browser, though I have two different experiences depending on where I watch it. During the day, I flip on youtube on browser so I can listen to podcasts or music that I don't have. And at night, I lay down and use the mobile app to watch videos and make my brain mushy so I can sleep.

I've no problem with ads being used to support content creators if it just wasn't so INVASIVE. I'd give anything to bring back bottom banner ads if it meant I could listen to a music compilation or analysis video while I do chores without genshin impact shouting at me desperately to play it or T-mobile home internet musicals. Especially ads that last from a minute to practically 30 minutes. Who the hell makes a 30 minute ad? Pressing the skip button is practically a chore when I'm already focused on cleaning or drawing, so the mood is just nearly lost.

First world problems, am I right?

Anyways, gatekeeping and exclusivities never solve problems like what youtube is doing right now - in this case it drives some people away. 

I'll suffer through youtube ads, I still like watching content people create. I'm just tired. Youtube lost its luster. I hate having to sound like a doomer in saying this, and I really never want to be like that. There's always going to be ways to entertain yourself out there. Maybe this'll get more people to go outside more often or do other things. And I can't really spend money on the music I want to listen to, and this makes it a bit harder for me to discover new songs/bands.

'Discovery' is key when using youtube, cause you always find something new - doesn't have to be meaningful or the like, it could be meme posts or something dumb. And as a kid, youtube flung the doors of the internet wide open to me. But no, overall, this is not a way to say "the youtube from when I was a kid was better!" No, no it was not, pfpdff. 

This is just me saying, "Can you please stop being a wet rag, Youtube? Thanks :)"

You can agree or disagree with this, I don't mind. I'm not here to debate. Just needed to vent.

Alright, thanks for reading, I'm gonna open up Windows Media Player and play some music with the visualizer on.