YouTube hates AI slop movie trailers as much as I do
Bullshit trailers are a blight on YouTube. And they have been for a long time. Just throw together clips of older movies and actors, title it “The Dark Knight Rises 2: Robin’s First Flight,” and…
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YouTube is tinkering with one of Spotify’s better ideas
Looking for new ways to turn free video streamers into paid ones, YouTube is kicking the tires on a subscription option that will ring a bell for Spotify users. A trial for a two-person YouTube…
I block every ad on YouTube. I’m not ashamed to admit it
I block every single ad on YouTube. And I’m a hypocrite for doing it. But I’m not ashamed. Because through a series of blunders and malicious decisions, Google has systematically made YouTube a worse and…
A cheaper YouTube Premium plan is coming ‘soon’ for users in the US
Back in October, we reported that Google was testing out YouTube Premium Lite, a cheaper and stripped-down subscription plan that promised a reduction (but not elimination) in ads, all without the special features in Premium…
YouTube TV and Paramount are playing chicken with CBS stations
YouTube TV users may soon need to get their fix of Tracker, Matlock, Elsbeth, and other CBS shows elsewhere thanks to yet another carriage dispute. Subscribers to YouTube TV just got a warning that CBS,…
Bow down to YouTube, the lord of the living room
When my 12-year-old daughter plunks onto the sofa for TV time, she might dial up Netflix to binge-watch Gossip Girl or switch on the PS5 for a little Hogwarts Legacy. But when she really wants…
Want YouTube Premium features for free? This app makes it happen
Youtube has been trying to push users toward Premium for a while now, dangling all kinds of benefits ranging from ad-free viewing to extra features like downloading videos for offline playback and playing videos in…
Amazon hiked Music Unlimited prices. Here’s why Apple and YouTube are next
For video streamers, another price hike just means it’s Tuesday. For music streaming, however, price increases are bigger deals, and they tend to reverberate for everyone. Take Amazon, which just hiked the price of its…
Hours-long unskippable ads spotted on YouTube. What’s going on?
Google is getting sick and tired of YouTube watchers who use ad blockers, and — no surprise — the company is stepping it up in an effort to extract (reclaim?) even more ad revenue from…
Here are 20 YouTube Shorts creators I love, as TikTok’s ban looms
There’s a lot of stuff happening right now. Here in the US, it seems kind of inescapable. And it surely doesn’t help that a lot of people might be without their short-form social video fix…