Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world doctorcrimson @lemmy.today 9 mo. ago

I know how much you dudes get off to pushing YouTube Frontends so here is YouTube recently replacing the comments section on desktop, Cheers

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if they actually remove comments, I'm done. the API scandal got me off of Reddit and the comments being gone will get me away from YouTube. I only really watch it while I'm eating as is.
- I think they just swapped it over to the bottom right side and swapped the video feed to center left, but it's still super scuffed imo.
  
  I see. Well, at least my local rehike front-end won't break then. but still that's so bad. I hate the new trend of every desktop site pretending you're on an iPad in terms of layout.
- If they get rid of comments I will find a way to visit them more. Video comments are freaking toxic I can't say I've ever found anything useful in them either
  
  I disagree, and maybe my tastes are niche. I'm a very amateur gunsmith and look up how-to's on weird shit I can't figure out. Often the answer is in the comments.
  
  "This guy has mostly got it, but do step B before A."
  
  Or:
  
  "I had this issue and fixed it with $X."
  
  I'd guess a lot of technical/mechanical/niche stuff works like that? I don't look at the comments on popular stuff.
  
  Same. Comments are needed for pretty much everything I use Youtube for. If you're just watching a streamer or something I guess they can go away but I'm trying to learn shit here.
  
  I generally agree with you, but if you have a moment, go check out the comments to this one song. I dunno what weird human resonance it hit but all the comments are incredibly sweet and endearing even at 55m views https://youtu.be/tSv04ylc6To?si=0SNNfvvsI2aBFnWa
  
  Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  https://piped.video/tSv04ylc6To?si=0SNNfvvsI2aBFnWa
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
  
  I don't visit the comments often, so I can see what you mean cuz a lot of times they can be quite toxic. But I think choosing between having them or not having them, I would choose having them just for the ones that do like the system, cuz I can just easily ignore the comments section. I also felt the same way with the dislike button though and you see what they did with that lmao

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