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Re:YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views by Gigachad on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:04AM (#36530709)
Should have specified further. Sure, if you are only looking at memes and youtube shorts, TikTok might be an alternative. Personally my youtube use is mostly 20min / 1 hour educational videos or background noise played on a TV. Nothing but youtube really covers this use case well.

I’m quite satisfied with the platform since all the enshitification is removed on the premium version which provides pretty good value for money.

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Re:YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views by cwkoss on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:20AM (#36530805)
Yeah, YouTube is great if you want to see long form videos from people youre already subscribed to, but I find their recommendations to be quite inferior to tiktoks. Less than 10% success rate.

Come to think of it, the only people I've newly subscribed to on YouTube in the past year I've discovered through TikTok.

It's a shame YouTube prioritizes ads so far above user experience - they have everything needed to build the best video recommendations platform besides the will to prioritize that above ad revenue.

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