My wife is incapable of not showing me an escalating series of inane youtube videos unless I get rather firm about it.
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2024
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Relationships are about compromise.
But yeah, maybe not worth it.
I'm classy. I make my partner wait while I get it on the TV so they don't have to move.
This what we do. It's convenient to have chromecasts on the TVs throughout the house, so that if you're talking about something, you can just throw it up on the closest screen.
Wow at least i have adblock and sponsorblock some people rawdog youtube and that frightens me.
then why are you even getting married
this is a peeve of mine. we all have these incredibly connected mobile communicators. we all know how to copy and paste a link. if you want me to watch something, send me a link. im happy to review on my device but damn do i hate looking at anyone elses screen.
Microsoft tried this, IIRC, but the one thing that's technologically possible that I desperately need is the SciFi concept of "throwing" content to another device. Like in The Expanse, where you swipe in the direction of a device, and it sends that content to that other device. Swipe toward your friend, the file gets sent. Swipe towards a TV, the content comes up on the TV. Heck, I'd have swipe toward my speakers and play music.
What would we need? Phones already have compasses and GPS, so the vector information is there. We have UPnP, for announcing services; we have geo recording servers like OwnTracks; every smart phone has gesture capability. We'd need a couple standards: adding geo information to UPnP; choosing a fucking universal sharing protocol (instead of the current dozens of niche protocols); and a little UI enhancement. We could have this, but instead we have walled gardens and no broadly supported standards. It's infuriating.
The technology exists, but you can’t share content like that because of “DRM”
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Xor?
If you can’t handle my 20-minute Fat Electrician videos, you don’t deserve me watching your reality television shows with you.
All I have to do is ask too many questions or mansplain or argue with what she’s watching and she’ll tell me to go away.
i have never once sat through a youtube video someone insisted i watch on their phone because it's sooooooooo funny and thought "wow, that was a great use of my time"
yes, there is some funny shit on youtube. no, your idea of humor is not the same as mine