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"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership (www.sportskeeda.com)
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A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.

EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJE

Fun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.

Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.

Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?

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[–] 33 points 11 months ago (4 children)

They are using automatic dubbing by default here in France! I was horrified the first time.

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    After some time it "learns" you don't want it.

    But what grinds my gears instead are auto-translated video titles.
    Because I am watching maybe 70-80% english content I decided the lesser evil is to just set the language to english instead.
    Annoying as fuck but managable.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Because I am watching maybe 70-80% english content I decided the lesser evil is to just set the language to english instead.

    Google has always made it extremely clear that they don't believe it's possible for the human brain to know more than one language, and that anyone who claims to know more than one is a liar and a witch and has no place in their platforms.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    I hate them for auto translating the video titles and descriptions with no way to turn them off, I even installed an extension to restore the original titles but YT broke it again intentionally or unintentionally with their unending tweaks.

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