Ask HN: Do you watch news on YouTube? Yes? No? Why?

3 points by cristinaibunea 5 years ago | 2 comments

BitwiseFool 5 years ago |

No, and I actively avoid video-only news stories. Reading is just so much faster and less advertisement laden.

diogenesjunior 5 years ago |

No, and I doubt I ever will. YouTube has declined in quality over time. Most comments are just memes:

>1:18: MRW literally anything

or reddit-type chains:

>comment with slight joke

>>reply to comment with even worse and over-used joke

>>>reply to other reply with the worst joke that vaguely relates to the original comment

It all seems so pointless to me. And the ads are terrible. 30 second ads to watch a 15 second video led me to using NewPipe instead. YouTube should never be used as a news platform.