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Can you live without YouTube ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Today in a Privacy community a post about YouTube. No word about privacy but all about which software or settings are needed to watch videos and the money needed to host videos. It made me wonder whether some of you can lead a meaningful life without YouTube. Or will a cold turkey bring the worst out of you ?

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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 13 points 8 months ago

As of today no. But I'm going by steps :

I've stop using it without a front-end.
I look for other source of content from my favorite youtubers (podcast host somewhere else, web site, social media, blog especially for cooks)
I search for content on other plateform before it (but it is far for being systematic right now

My goal is not to go full private or open-source but just less dependent on YouTube. Onfortunately so many youtubers are solely there.

Anyway, I believe that the day big for-profit intrusive company will stop leading the video hosting business, the format will get noticeably less popular as it is extremely ressource intentive. It will mostly replace by podcast and illustrated articles.