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Is anyone else sick of YouTube besides me?

Here are 6 Valid Reasons why I hate YouTube;
1. Youtube is full of idiots who think they can bash other people's opinions just because other people are in the minority.
2. The Youtube staff are a bunch of troglodytes who think they can take down rare and endangered videos when people are only uploading them for fair use and intend to make no money off them whatsoever.
3. YouTube's guidelines are also draconian. Meaning they are harsh and restrictive. You upload one set of copyrighted content, they give you three strikes and then BAM, your account is terminated.
4. Almost every single video on YouTube has people polluting it with comments rather than actually watching the bloody thing.
5. It is even worse these days because Youtube videos are now contaminated with ads. For more money I might add. YouTube are a bunch of greedy, selfish money grubbers for making that happen.
6. Half of the videos used to have swear words in them, believe it or not. None of the videos were obscene (thank god) but they were still awful.
So there you have it. 6 reasons why I hate Youtube.
Youtube has always been crap. I just didn't know that until I was much older and much wiser. Now I know Youtube is crap. And always has been. I wish I had never gone on Youtube now. So I'd be better off just watching DVDs till the cows come home. And also, If there are any videos or content in general that should be preserved and not taken down, they should be uploaded to Internet Archive instead. That would be a much safer option.
Plus, Internet Archive doesn't have any troglodytes polluting videos and stuff with comments or bullying.

EDIT: I just found out some time after I made this post that Internet Archive has been under fire recently due to legal issues so they have been forced to take down certain copyrighted material.
(edited 2 weeks ago)

Reply 1

Original post
by You wot m8
Here are 6 Valid Reasons why I hate YouTube;
1. Youtube is full of idiots who think they can bash other people's opinions just because other people are in the minority.
2. The Youtube staff are a bunch of troglodytes who think they can take down rare and endangered videos when people are only uploading them for fair use and intend to make no money off them whatsoever.
3. YouTube's guidelines are also draconian. Meaning they are harsh and restrictive. You upload one set of copyrighted content, they give you three strikes and then BAM, your account is terminated.
4. Almost every single video on YouTube has people polluting it with comments rather than actually watching the bloody thing.
5. It is even worse these days because Youtube videos are now contaminated with ads. For more money I might add. YouTube are a bunch of greedy, selfish money grubbers for making that happen.
6. Most of the videos used to have swear words in them, believe it or not. None of the videos were obscene (thank god) but they were still awful.
So there you have it. 6 reasons why I hate Youtube.
Youtube has always been crap. I just didn't know that until I was much older and much wiser. Now I know Youtube is crap. And always has been. I wish I had never gone on Youtube now. So I'd be better off just watching DVDs till the cows come home. And also, If there are any videos or content in general that should be preserved and not taken down, they should be uploaded to Internet Archive instead. That would be a much safer option.
Plus, Internet Archive doesn't have any troglodytes polluting videos and stuff with comments or bullying.

swear words ******* traumatise me, mate

Reply 2

I agree that there's scope for someone to set up a better video sharing platform. One that's better than youtube.

I do think that when the right channels are watched, that youtube is a better source of entertainment than mainstream TV.

Reply 3

I think you’ll find 5 of these points are just things you’ll see in the street or on other sites, not YT specific…

Reply 4

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by Dunnig Kruger
I agree that there's scope for someone to set up a better video sharing platform. One that's better than youtube.
I do think that when the right channels are watched, that youtube is a better source of entertainment than mainstream TV.

Fair enough. Each to their own.

Reply 5

the ad thing is an issue, and so is the strike thing because not everyone is aware of it fully

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