The Rings Of Saturn

Was chosen by my Community College English professor and it was the most mind numbing thing I’ve ever had to read. It was translated from German, so there are multi-page, run-on sentences that haunt me till this day.

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I don’t work for Google, but I have been in IT Support for almost 20 years.

Same. I also remember when it took forever to load and there was nothing but viral videos. Now I can learn a new skill or watch in depth research on things I am interested in buying by people who took a lot of time to produce a video to help me make the best decision. If I was only consuming trash YouTuber content like Mr. Beast, then I would understand. The majority of my watch history consists of educational or informational content, and not having to watch ads and have it on-demand reliably is something I see worth paying for.

If I’m shilling for anyone, it’s the content creators. The platform wouldn’t be what it is without them. I don’t consume YouTube, I consume the videos it makes available which is a big distinction.

I’m not bootlicking, I just recognize the value their platform adds. Do I wish there were a better alternative? Absolutely, but I have not done the work to figure that out and am able to pay without issue. I have been working on Tech for nearly 2 decades, so I am acutely aware of who I am dealing with.

I acknowledge your opinion, but you won’t make me feel bad for exercising my freedom of choice. I do appreciate your upvote.

I only pay $22.99, I didn’t want YouTube TV since I don’t really watch regular TV.

I’m not rewarding them for bad behavior, I am paying them for running a sophisticated system that delivers any and all information in a digestible format to my fingertips. I do agree their free service has gone to shit, but it should have been a paid service from the start. I’ve built my own personal cloud and it is prohibitively expensive for me to have it stream HD video. Definitely more than a YT Premium subscription.

Like the time people were freezing to death during a power outage while the governor took a vacation to Cancún?

So will TSA Pre-Check be next?

It’s great how all the executives recorded their videos not in the actual office.