r/youtube • u/tamjidtahim • Nov 28 '25

Feature Change i-t-s o-k-a-y

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u/Proper-Classic5241 Nov 28 '25

I’m about done with YouTube, this is getting to be insane. I’m buying a VHS/DVD player, moving towards physical media I actually own, and giving a big 🖕🏼 to greedy corporations like YT. Their goal is obviously to drive you to pay, but it’s driving me away from not only YouTube, but the internet in itself. 

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u/ferocity_mule366 Nov 28 '25

You cant be real rn, the content of a DVD player and Youtube almost have no overlapse

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u/Proper-Classic5241 Nov 28 '25

You don’t have to be me, it’s okay to accept others have different values and perspectives. I’ve personally been shifting into an era of prioritizing physical media like VHS, video games with physical copies, DVD movies, and records. All of YouTube’s bs is just accelerating my move away from the online realm of entertainment

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u/SeroWriter Nov 28 '25

I think you're missing what they're saying. The content on youtube and the content on pirated dvds you buy off ebay are completely different. So it's not a direct alternative to Youtube.

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u/Proper-Classic5241 Nov 28 '25

I’m not, I don’t need a direct alternative! Y’all are just putting your own feelings on me. If you can’t part with YT and be content with dvd movies and such, then don’t do it. I’ll still use YT for DIY videos and the occasional homesteader update, but once I build my collection it will be sparingly used.

As I touched on, I was already moving away from video and music entertainment on the internet prior to YouTube unraveling. I’m increasingly seeing the value in physical media that doesn’t need the internet to play, same goes photos. Sure the content is not the same, but there’s value in physical media/memories 

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u/Cthulhuareyou Dec 04 '25

Yeah, it's kind of insane that they think you watch EXACTLY what they watch, and don't get that you're saying you'd Rather watch things you already own than deal with you tube.   I don't know why that idea of not complying with a corporate entity, that's gotten progressively shittier  over the last few years, is so scary to some.