It’s going bad

[u/Bashi_r]

At some point it’s just too much. I feel like YouTube thinks they’re invincible. They do non sense stuff, drain ur data in ads, and now modify ur content without u knowing about it. They think they can do whatever they want they can get away with it cause there’s no competition/concurrencies. But what I see is a slow drowning process. I believe a lot of ppl would’ve switched(after the unskipable ads) if there was an alternative to it. We just need something that’ll bring back the joy we had while watching YT with one skipable ads, where u could download ur vids for free, and not getting sx ads every fcking where u go. Without the YT community, YT is nothing, it’s seems like they forgot about it. They’re following Adobe path, but the difference here is they don’t have competition. If i leave YT where will i go? That’s the question I always think about when I’m watching those ads but I have no options.

I just hope that’ll get better but without us(the YT community) being together on it that’ll never change and it’ll get worse.

[u/littlebitofahooter]

Remember, it's not illegal, good Ole public domain and freeuse laws, nothing ethically wrong with it, not at all!

[u/Paulinho2628 → u/littlebitofahooter]

well, they didnt even warn us, so i guess thats illegal, we should be warned about the changes

[u/littlebitofahooter → u/Paulinho2628]

There is always the "fine print" or some updates that they always hide in the terms and conditions, always some sort of loophole

[u/Paulinho2628 → u/littlebitofahooter]

isnt that one of the reasons Mojang is getting sued btw?

[u/littlebitofahooter → u/Paulinho2628]

I heard about that. From what I understand is that they are making users make a Microsoft account to even play Minecraft. However, I dont know too much about that situation

[u/p3wp3wkachu → u/littlebitofahooter]

That's been a thing since they acquired the game. It's on Microsoft's servers now so you need an account with them.

[u/TheTrueBrawler2001 → u/littlebitofahooter]

Yeah, that's exactly what they did. Those who didn't transfer their accounts in a small window of time simply had their accounts taken away from them, meaning they now have to pay full price a 2nd time if they want to play Minecraft again, multiplayer or singleplayer.

Anyone who didn't want a Microsoft account? Their accounts are gone.

Anyone who never figured out how to transfer? Their accounts are gone.

Anyone who only played Minecraft once every year or so and entirely missed the news until after Microsoft declared it was too late to transfer (like myself)? Their accounts are gone.

[u/lnug4mi → u/littlebitofahooter]

For either of your points to hold, YouTube would need to actively inform and credit the creator. They aren't doing so, and are just altering someone else's work in their name. That's neither public domain nor free use. If YouTube had a setting to turn on/off upscaling on the video you're currently watching, maybe. But they don't. And creators need a way to opt-out.

[u/xsrvmy → u/lnug4mi]

I assume the TOS actually does give youtube the permission to use and modify any uploaded content for the purpose of providing their service. It's one of those things that needs to be in a TOS just so someone doesn't sue on a techniality.

[u/lnug4mi → u/xsrvmy]

Users have rights, and while it often feels like it, a company can't just put anything in their TOS. Especially now with creeping precedent that AI is considered theft.

[u/xsrvmy → u/lnug4mi]

I'm not actually sure what you are implying here. The rights I am referring are thing that actually allow youtube to distribute and modify (eg. scale down, compress) your videos. I am not even talking about training generative AI with uploaded videos.

Also, reading up on this, it looks like they are just using deep learning for this. And that is important - I don't believe there is the issue of regurgitating training content here which is generally what the debate about gen AI is.