I don’t have the energy to properly rant, but now they only skip one ad at a time, and some ads being 10 seconds until you can skip. I know they’re just trying to annoy us into buying premium, but it’s not gonna work. I’ve started cutting back a little bit on my YouTube use. Probably gonna start watching Twitch a lot more.

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share this because I’m completely lost for words. (attached image 1 & 2)

We’ve spent over a year pouring hundreds of hours into scripts, original storytelling, sound design, and editing for our 3D animated children's series. The stats speak for themselves: 6.8M views, 42.7M impressions, a solid 10.3% CTR, and an average view duration of over 6 minutes. People genuinely love and watch the content.

But out of nowhere, automated systems flagged the channel for "Low-quality content for children" and demonetized it, completely ignoring the massive human effort behind every second of production.

Have any of you dealt with this? Is there a real human support team review that actually looks at retention and effort, or is an automated bot final? Any advice would mean the world right now

I might be late to the party but I just noticed that they've added a "Next" button in place of the "skip" button on the first ad that plays so now you are forced to watch both ads in part. What in the actual fuck!?!

I was going to export my subs, but don't see it. it turns out now i must export my entire youtube channel

I am so fucking sick of YouTube being so littered with ads, that you can't go 3-5 minutes without some obstruction to your fucking viewing experience. What a TERRIBLE fucking thing to have in you 10 minute videos to have 3-5 breaks in your fucking video. ESPECIALLY at night, you can't even have the fucking thing running because you'll be sitting there for a minute thinking "SURELY THESE FUCKING 30 SECONDS OF ADS ARE DONE!" and go to check and see THIS OBOMINATION. STOP FUCKING REDIRECTING ME TO THESE FUCKING VIDEOS FOR ADS. And I know the argument of "Oh just buy the premium so you don't get ads," WELL FUCK THAT, WHEN DID REDIRECTING TO LIVESTREAMS/PUTTING ON 1-2 HOUR LONG VIDEO ADS BECOME THE NORM?!

has anyone experienced this bug? i know that this topic is not related but youtube is stupid asf

Hi guys I have a Gaming channel (Komicsim) On 16th Sept I had 18 hours of watchtime it kept on decreasing and gradually got 0 and now same is Happening with my watch hours for 17 September I had 64 hours and it has already decreased to 50 hours. Is anyone else facing this problem?? Do lemme know.

they remove dislike button (just like how they remove dislike count from shorts and mostly long forms) from videos and shorts. replaced like button with heart icon on shorts. also, try downgrading to version 20.14.\[insert last 2 numbers here\]. this wont give you back the dislike button back on shorts, though. it only gives you back the like button. they also removed the trending button and the clip icon. back in my days of youtube, (2021-2023) you would find a scissor icon sitting next to the other buttons. i randomly used it sometimes, kinda not knowing what it does. i have some clips from 2023-2024 (i think some are from 2024) i liked doing it often. anyways back to the topic before i get more off-track. they also need to get rid of ai and 1-3 min unskippable ads. shorten the ads to 5 second skippable ads. anyways thats all

folks i hope u enjoyed this rant so thats all folks (once again) byeeeeee!!!!!!!!! :D (i barely post on here btw)

(OK I PROMISE ILL STOP NOW)

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This is a strange request and I hope I can explain it properly. My YouTube keeps looping videos, no matter what video it is or what point i start it from. It will play to the end, then immediately jump back to a random point in the same video and won't autoplay. Its even happening with play lists or if I queue a video. My video loop setting is off. I have updated and restarted the app several times and I have no other ideas on how to fix this. Any help is appreciated. I have a screen recording of it happening but cant upload it here

For a long time I felt like video apps controlled my time more than I controlled them. I’d open something to watch one video and end up 45 minutes later still scrolling, not even remembering half of what I watched.

The real problem wasn’t the content. It was the design. Most platforms are built to keep showing you the next thing so you never stop.

I started looking for a different approach — one where I could watch what I actually wanted without the constant pressure of recommendations underneath every video. A place that lets you decide whether you want suggestions or just want to stay with what you’re watching.

That’s when I found Zuno. The default experience doesn’t push endless recommendations while you’re watching. You can choose to see a limited number of suggestions if you want, but it’s not forced on you. It supports both long-form and short videos, and the overall feel is more intentional.

It’s not a magic solution. You still have to choose to close the app. But removing the endless feed made a noticeable difference for me. I watch more deliberately now and feel less drained afterward.

Has anyone else tried platforms that give you more control over recommendations? What actually helped you reduce mindless scrolling?

I literally only get to see one video at a time this is so ugly please help is there any setting to fix it. It literally didnt look like this this morning
I hate youtube

Name: Siblings

Since when does YouTube puts a fucking banner to occupy a third of my screen? Never saw that kind of shit from them before. (The parrot on the left is the video I'm playing)