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It’s Not Just You, YouTube Looks Like Crap Right Now
That’s definitely not HD. Credit: Screenshot by Joel Cunningham, @svartling / YouTube Usually you can blame a low-quality video stream on a bandwidth slowdown or a poor internet connection—sites like YouTube will adjust a video’s resolution accordingly, so instead of a crisp HD or 4K stream, you end up with a blurry, pixelated mess. You can manually adjust the resolution…
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Jim Jordan subpoena pushes YouTube to restore ‘free speech’ like Meta
Meta may have caved on their content moderation policies for the sake of “free speech”, but there’s a world of other Big Tech companies out there – and more social media platforms for conservatives to de-censor. On Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan subpoenaed Alphabet, the parent company of Google, demanding documents that show whether YouTube removed content at the request of…
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YouTube Premium Lite Gives You Ad-Free Videos at a Lower Price
YouTube is expanding its YouTube Premium Lite subscription service, which gives you ad-fre YouTube but without the added YouTube Music service and other features. It started in Thailand, Germany, and Australia, and now it’s available in the United States and will come to other countries soon. This new YouTube Premium Lite lets you watch most videos without ads for a…
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YouTube warns of AI-generated video of its CEO used in phishing attacks
YouTube warns that scammers are using an AI-generated video featuring the company’s CEO in phishing attacks to steal creators’ credentials. The attackers are sharing it as a private video with targeted users via emails claiming YouTube is changing its monetization policy. “We’re aware that phishers have been sharing private videos to send false videos, including an AI generated video of…
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YouTube will soon restrict creators from mentioning certain online gambling sites
YouTube is tightening its policies on gambling content. The platform has announced that it will soon prohibit creators from verbally referring to gambling services not approved by Google, as well as displaying their logos and linking to them in videos. The new rules, which go into effect on March 19th, may also put age restrictions on videos about online gambling.…
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5 Features I Wish Netflix Would Copy From YouTube
I use YouTube Premium more than any other streaming service, which means there are certain great features of YouTube that I miss when I use other streaming services. In particular, I hope that Netflix will copy these five awesome YouTube features. 5 Episode and Movie Chapters I had to double- and triple-check that Netflix doesn’t already have this feature—because surely…
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Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite
YouTube is about to officially launch a cheaper, “premium lite” version of its subscription service in the US, Australia, Germany and Thailand, according to Bloomberg. This new tier will “target viewers who primarily want to watch programs other than music videos,” Bloomberg says. The publication didn’t say what the price might be. YouTube piloted a no-ads version of a tier…
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10 Best YouTube Alternatives You Must Try in 2025
YouTube is the biggest video streaming service in the world, with the platform boasting more than 2.5 billion monthly active users. However, users are miffed because of multiple non-skippable ads on YouTube videos, the platform cracking down on ad blockers, and increasing Premium prices. Creators too face challenges regarding monetization, discoverability, and more. Therefore, if you believe it’s time to…
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YouTube TV Might Soon Lose Paramount Channels
“Cutting the cord” has taken on a bit of a funny twist in the past few years, as every production company under the sun seems to want to make its own a la carte subscription service, and former cable alternatives have started offering what are essentially their own cable packages. Such is the way with YouTube TV, a separate subscription…
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YouTube TV has a deal to keep Paramount content
Days after YouTube published a blog post saying it could lose Paramount content soon, it updated the post to announce a deal to keep it. The company posted on X that, as a result, channels such as CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon and add-ons like Paramount Plus, Showtime, and BET Plus will stick around after all. The company had said…
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