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[sebberry]

I don't see ads in YouTube now, I pay for the Premium service.  Although, I'm getting annoyed at sponsor messages in videos now.  There are services that will highlight these and let you skip them too.  

 

The more invasive and annoying anything becomes the harder people will try to work around it.  I give it little time before someone has a CanConBlock plugin

[Ismo07]

I don't see ads in YouTube now, I pay for the Premium service.  Although, I'm getting annoyed at sponsor messages in videos now.  There are services that will highlight these and let you skip them too.  

 

The more invasive and annoying anything becomes the harder people will try to work around it.  I give it little time before someone has a CanConBlock plugin

 

It is crazy how many ads now and sometimes how long they are....

[Victoria Watcher]

I pay for premium. No ads. And the creators of videos I watch get paid out of my premiums.

I’d guess of all my viewing, I watch YouTube at least 60% of the time.

The rest of course is InfoWars and Daily Stormer. Plus Young Turks and The View.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 01 December 2022 - 01:14 PM.

[Nparker]

Telus charges me an outrageous amount each month for internet service. They can pay my share to YouTube and online creators.

[Mike K.]

Canadian content would still be available all over the world...  I don't see that as a great argument for this particular issue.  Canadian content is typically good enough for Canadians as we have so many cultures here.  I'm sure the algorithm can have some adjustments to overcome this.  I think they are concerned about other things.  Not sure they are altruistic here either.  Do CBC shows suffer that fate?  Good ones find there way out to the world.

 

It's not about being good enough for Canadians, it's about being relevant to what a viewer wants to see.

 

If an American mechanic has a great video on how to fix something, and a Canadian mechanic has a less informative video, the federal government should not be requiring YouTube to show me the Canadian one because it's Canadian.

 

That's the beauty of YouTube, it shows you the best of the best for whatever you're looking for or into. And that's why it's so successful.

[Ismo07]

It's not about being good enough for Canadians, it's about being relevant to what a viewer wants to see.

 

If an American mechanic has a great video on how to fix something, and a Canadian mechanic has a less informative video, the federal government should not be requiring YouTube to show me the Canadian one because it's Canadian.

 

That's the beauty of YouTube, it shows you the best of the best for whatever you're looking for or into. And that's why it's so successful.

 

Well that's a whole different issue.  Since you were a tiny lad, Canada has always had added benefits to Canadian content.  It's not about what we want to see, it's about giving Canadians an opportunity to being seen.  This isn't new, it's just now being extended to newer mediums.  Maybe CRTC under Wiki can help with that history and reasoning....

Edited by Ismo07, 01 December 2022 - 02:45 PM.

[Mike K.]

I don’t want government dictating what I consume.

[LJ]

Wouldn't a VPN solve this problem?

[aastra]

Victoria made the latest video on Fail Army's YouTube channel...

Edited by aastra, 25 October 2023 - 11:38 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Mike K.]

Finally.

 

This is the way.

[max.bravo]

A Jay Leno’s Garage video popped up on my algorithm, so I gave it a watch. It was just ok, actually kinda boring, so it got me thinking about how much influence and reach someone traditionally famous has compared to other YouTubers.

Jay Leno’s Garage - 3.68M subscribers, 1100 videos, and his most viewed video (Batmobile) has 19M views. An average video has around 200k-500k views.

Compared to another random Car-niche YouTuber, Scotty Kilmer, an old mechanic who yells a lot, he has 2x as many subscribers, 5x as many videos, and his most viewed video has 22M views (5 things to never do in an automatic).

Sure they’re slightly different niches within the automobile category, but they’d have a lot of target overlap.

It was surprising to see how much mainstream media celebrity influence has dropped off, and how YouTube has made celebrity and influence truly democratic. It took Jay Leno a long while time and lots of luck to make it where he is. It took this Scotty guy a lot of hard work, some marketing and video production skills, and a platform. Pretty unreal.

[Victoria Watcher]

Jay Leno made $30M per year on network TV.

[Victoria Watcher]

Leno had been making between $25 million to $30 million annually as the host of "The Tonight Show." His salary will be reduced to about $20 million after making the job-saving concessions. Leno also brings in substantial income touring as a stand-up comedian.

https://www.jacksonv...ow/15857046007/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 July 2024 - 11:50 AM.

[max.bravo]

No doubt he doesn’t need any money from his youtube channel. He’s probably just doing it for fun.

My point is that once his face isn’t shoved down our throats as one of the few options available on network tv, his relative celebrity and influence in 2024 isn’t all that impressive. Even if his bank account is.

Edited by max.bravo, 27 July 2024 - 12:04 PM.

[Mike K.]

To be fair, Scotty Kilmer is a click bait king for mass market videos focusing on mass appeal topics, and Jay Leno has a niche video channel that is a limited audience production.

Scotty Kilmer is too often the guy who screams “NEVER BUY THIS MODEL OF TRUCK…” then you open the video, and he tells you six minutes in, that you should actually buy it but get the V8, not the V6 because the V6 doesn’t make as much power as the V8. Well gosh darned, Scotty. Obvs.

He also contradicts himself. In an early video he said never to recharge your own AC because it invariably introduces air in the system. Then several years later he suggests whatever mass brand AC kit for an AC that isn’t working, and says it’s super easy and cheap to do it yourself. No mention of the pitfall.

[max.bravo]

I had never seen any of his videos until I searched for a YouTube car channel, And his popped up. Whatever he’s doing Is working… I’m sure he makes more money from YouTube than he ever did being a mechanic!

[Mike K.]

It’s possible, for sure.

[LJ]

No doubt he doesn’t need any money from his youtube channel. He’s probably just doing it for fun.

My point is that once his face isn’t shoved down our throats as one of the few options available on network tv, his relative celebrity and influence in 2024 isn’t all that impressive. Even if his bank account is.

Is Leno still on TV?

[todd]

I got given his biography(Leading with My Chin) free at the end of a garage sale, few weeks later he had the accident with his face, then I put the book in the recycling and couple weeks later he breaks his collarbone, ribs, and kneecaps. Maybe I put it too close to some of my other books

Edited by todd, 28 July 2024 - 11:48 PM.