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Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap (www.youtube.com)
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A video essay on what we give up in exchange for the convenience that social media and algorithms provide.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's 18 minutes I don't need to spend learning a minutes worth. (He starts out complaining about the lost time he's invested...)

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is true of the overwhelming majority of YouTube videos I see submitted here. The information density is just abysmal compared to a page of text.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    And that is why I don't click on or watch YouTube videos from here. Either I've seen the video already (as is the case with a lot of gamers nexxus vids), or I am not willing to give the amount of time it takes to watch the video when I could read a distilled version of it in a minute or so. I don't care about your greeting (hey, this is [channel] here, back with another video. Today we'll be talking about [insert topic], but first ...[mindless garbage]).

    I know that newer gens love video format and want it for all the things but I do not.

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