TLDR: Jump ahead button, PiP window, and smart downloads for Shorts

  • kugmo
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    6 months ago

    Save your wallet and install Newpipe.

    • lolrightythen@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I’ve just started using newpipe and it’s great. I download audiobooks easily for when I’m working overnights and a few rooms get no mobile data

  • Voytrekk@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Would be nice if they would implement a sponsor block type feature, but I doubt we will ever see that happen.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    6 months ago

    I wouldn’t use those features even if they were available for everyone.

    Why the hell do you need a pip window to watch a 30 seconds video while you do something else?

    Why would you let the app automatically download garbage shorts that the algorithm decided that you are going to like

  • mke@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Unrelated, but I just found out there’s a .youtube TLD. Not sure how to feel about this.

    Some features of premium actually sound really interesting, but I find myself struggling to reconcile my interest in both those features and the general idea of an internet that isn’t built upon ads with my strong dislike of Google and a sincere wish to give them as little money as possible.

    • limerod@reddthat.comOPM
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      6 months ago

      I have smart downloads and pip window and redesigned desktop watch page without being in the US.

      • Ankkuli@lemdro.id
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        6 months ago

        ”Jump ahead” and ”conversational AI” for some reason are US only.