Comment by bell-cot

Comment by bell-cot 10 months ago

I can skim the start of a plausible-sounding article in ~5 seconds, to see if it's worth any more of my time.

Vs. on YouTube, I probably can't get past the pre-content ad in 5 seconds.

Life is too short to waste any of it watching long-odds content on YouTube.

This. Plus I don't want to pollute my viewing history, so either have to tell YouTube to forget about it or watch in Incognito mode with its slow loading and low bitrate.

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JohnFen 10 months ago

Now that you mention it, polluting the history is another huge factor. Whether from HN or not, I am pretty hesitant to watch random/unknown YouTube videos because that happens.

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