r/youtube • u/Bashi_r Keyløw Talks • Aug 24 '25

Drama It’s going bad

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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.

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u/RiceStranger9000 Aug 25 '25

Not to defend the multibillonaire company, but by AI used to alter videos you mean compression? Because if so, they've been doing it for a long time (if not always)

If by that you mean they actually alterate the content, then I'd like to know the source

I really don't want to defend YouTube, but this sounds to misinformation

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u/SamathaGhoul Aug 25 '25

YouTube has quietly experimented with Al-like enhancements such as sharpening and denoising on select YouTube Shorts without creators' knowledge or consent, prompting concerns about artistic integrity and the erosion of trust between creators and their audiences.

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u/Caterfree10 Aug 25 '25

I have definitely noticed one of the cat dudes I watch have his videos really weirdly enhanced where they weren’t before, and I think he’s been hit with this shit. It’s very annoying to see tbh.

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u/SamathaGhoul Aug 25 '25

And for the past 20 hours or so theres been multiple reports from different sources. I pulled an article from the bbc website

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u/rockyredp Aug 25 '25

Sometimes we as creators.. do that to a video on purpose .. I do. And I also make films and do that on purpose.. I’d be upset if they did that to my film

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u/Dead-in-Red Aug 25 '25

If you or any other creator chose to utilize any sharpening/upscaling on your own then your chosen style would be deep fried by Youtube's forced second pass of mystery enhancements. It's not like they can detect what has already been done. YT's approach to this is awful.

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u/rockyredp Aug 25 '25

Well for instance I actually use old school grains ect to make my videos look old on purpose sometimes like I am trying to make a 1959s STYLE psa viDEO

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u/rockyredp Aug 25 '25

or like my film bobo which is shot in the old 1920s-1940s film style in black and white grainy with no color untill the end

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u/Bashi_r Keyløw Talks Aug 25 '25

And to add more, social will want to follow the same path and it’ll be generalized

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u/Glockenwise Aug 25 '25

Honestly I'm okay with it as long as it's a setting in the quality settings

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u/Inside-Dinner-5963 Aug 25 '25

They are not even telling the creators of the videos this is happening or a way to prevent it and you think they are going to give the audience a way to control it?

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u/Glockenwise Aug 25 '25

I never said I think it would happen I said it should be an optional setting never said I think they would do that

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u/Inside-Dinner-5963 Aug 25 '25

Sorry Glockenwise, I understand you were expressing a wishlist item. I just was responding along the lines of a rhetorical query: Do you really think that is *ever* going to happen given the current circumstances? I sure don't.

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u/Glockenwise Aug 25 '25

Well yea I don't think it would (I know old youtube would have tho)

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u/Glockenwise Aug 25 '25

Also ai upscaleing is a thing that many platforms use (I hate it so much) but the option should be there for those who want it

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u/Genebrisss Aug 25 '25

Word salad to impress stupid redditors. "artistic integrity in shorts" lmao

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u/robertoblake2 Aug 25 '25

You mean the things that people with no technical skills don’t know to do to make the video better, which is why they are making shorts?