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[–] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

If they avoid the thumbnails out of principle, they lose a significant chunk of revenue.

It's a small annoyance for a small number of viewers, and there are browser extensions you can get which fix clickbaity thumbnails. The clear choice is to do the thumbnails

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  • I guess. I only heard about him a year or so ago and it seemed like his thumbnails were more "normal"just that recently.

    Click-baityness aside, it just reeks of vapid, shallow, content. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but if I see Fabio on the cover of a book, I know I'm in the wrong section so there's some merit to it.

    I'm not going to get my tech insight from someone who makes their content look like this.

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