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YouTube is revamping its TV app to make videos feel way more interactive (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Did anyone read the article? They're just making it so that the video resizes slightly when you open the comment sidebar. Some of these comments seem disproportionately upset.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

reading is hard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People don't actually care about the article, they're just here to circlejerk about their hate for commercial software.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I love hating on commercial software!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To anyone with a TV running Android I recommend SmartTubeNext: https://github.com/yuliskov/smarttube

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yes, use this and give the developer for this and for sponsor block a few ¢

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

They are going to make it more interactive by adding a confirmation button after a skip selection.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Because interacting is exactly what you want when you watch TV in the couch

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

*stand up*

MCDONALD'S!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

\o/

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

That's basically what video games are.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Videos are usually not interactive though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Maybe it's a collaboration with David Cage.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

And yet, my YouTube app has to be force closed at least once a day because they just can't seem to get their shit together...

Dear YouTube/Google/Alphabet/what-the-fuck-ever, GET YOUR APP SORTED FIRST! THEN TRY ADDING FEATURES!?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That’s great and all, but I have discovered Peertube and I like that better. I’d rather donate to my instance than let those rat bastards siphon my data and expose me to ads. If they think I’m paying for shit they can go fuck themselves

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's like the old joke goes, "How do you know if somebody is a ~~vegan~~ FOSSbro? Don't worry, they'll tell you."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I set myself up for that one haha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In terms of headlines that make my blood run cold, this one is right up there with Microsoft signals renewed interest in Windows.

Edit: I discovered yesterday that this feature is already in the Roku app and it's actually kind of nice. Now I'm even more suspicious. 😆