I don't know if anyone else has had this moment with them. I don't have anything against the majority of them, in fact back in the day I supported the GamerGate crowd quite a bit because back in the day you really didn't have that many options and they were doing something genuinely brave by sticking it to the left and risk cancellation but even the right wingers can't really claim their lives are going to be totally ruined because there are so many alt-tech options out there. Really they're fast outing themselves as youtube and twitter addicts and when something happens it's often revolving around that platform and nothing else.
I just can't watch it anymore and have been getting this way quite a bit with them over time. Especially when half their content even when it's a different topics is them bitching about youtube policy and mirroring the very same video to an alt-tech site which just shows they're being lazy. Sometimes they do put up alt-tech exclusives, however they often only do it unless they have absolutely no other choice and will censor themselves.
I get more value these days out of political commentary reading what you guys have to post ( Yes I know, blatant pandering :P ) but really any person can do what they do now thanks to alt-tech. Alternatively I've also found myself far more interested in watching some autist ramble on about a subject they're specialised in for 30 minutes than bother with any of the old youtubers I used to watch. The smart ones have figured this out and moved on but there's a stubborn contingent of them that insist on political commentary until death and it's clearly not working.
It's probably political fatigue to a degree, but I felt this way about television and trending pages. Some of my favourite content watching now is actually cooking and history channels and it's funny how they're not endlessly bitching about youtube content policy every video and just get on with it which does make you feel like they're using their positions as the unmentionables a bit opportunistically. I also find it's even the same with gaming commentary, I don't really see much point in these guys anymore and more often now they seem to be posting up click-bait to maintain their viewership. The way people were trying to rant about Baldur's Gate 3's sexual content rather than talk about the fucking game is a classic case in point but most people have seen my rants on that before.
I don't think I've ever been a consistent watcher of any of these type videos. Why? They go on and on and on about the same thing. I've seen things posted here "good video about X" but it's a 15 minute point that they managed to make a 2 hour video about. An example that is not exactly on topic but has been talked about lately is the whole Gamers Nexus / LTT thing. You're telling me watching almost 45 minutes of Youtuber soap opera is a valuable use of my time? I could read everything I want to know about that in 10 minutes.
Web2.0's obsession with video content is a slide towards the lowest common denominator pandering to dimwits.
Bring back text articles, and transcript videos. I cpuld read the transcript of one of those waffling shitposts with 5% of the time investment.
I've gone on about that for a decade. Especially hate it when it replaces something like written instructions. No, I don't want to just watch a YouTube video. How does that help me when I'm under a car or have a computer half apart and just want to make sure I'm taking the right bolts out or plugging in the right wires? Printed instructions I could have right there and look at a diagram or read. Video I need a device that's large enough to see, with fine enough control to be able to move around to a specific point, and it's in a situation where it's more likely to get broken. No thanks.
I've also told people just as long when they try to tell me about Fox News, CNN, whatever screaming agitation propaganda outlet or not...I read the news not watch it.
There's some great AI that can transcribe the video for you.
I might have to try it. I just don't think about going to look for AI things to help me
A funny thing I've noticed with regards to that especially lately, there's something of a rebellion happening in the comments against that kind of content which I regard as click-bait these days. Especially with the top 10 stuff you have people commenting what's going on so you do have to watch all the way through the way they intend which is hilarious.