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Interesting how the numbers between "computer pros" and hobbyists (Steam Survey) diverge. Unsurprisingly for Steam gamers the Windows numbers are way higher but for Linux specifically Ubuntu is crashing hard since a few years from absolute domination to all Ubuntu versions + derivatives (Mint + pop_OS) combined barely making up 20% of the Linux user base whereas at Stack Overflow there's a clear lead of Ubuntu over the rest.

Everyone on the internet is free to go and use any other service.

Yes but that's not the claim you made. You wrote "It’s their private website, they do on it whatever they want. Right, lemmy?" and this blanket statement is wrong. They can't to "whatever they want" because they are bound by laws. If Google/Alphabet instituted rules on YouTube that competing video services like Nebula cannot named at all, market watchdogs would be at their heels immediately and they'd win in court if it came to it.

Can they put ads on pause screens? Yes. Can they do "whatever they want"? No.

No, commercial services with a dominant position in the market cannot do whatever they want.

I'd rather see them on pause screen than interrupting the playback but because we can't have any nice things, interruptions will also only get worse.

Before they sold Eidos, it was all the western studios' fault. Now this. Seems like the wrong people are in charge.

Have Facebook not heard of the Internet? Anyone can right click save as.

They have, old politicians haven't

Except it's not deferderated by everyone.

I mean, I do that sometimes, and it’s honestly not hard.

Keep doing it for your stuff, don't try to make a rule for others to do the same.

I expect the same from others.

That's the problem. You shouldn't. It's not your call to make. Deal with it.

I’m explaining the sentiment I see here.

The sentiment here is that a loud minority cries about a tiny fraction of submissions when they could just not watch the videos in the first place.

All I’m saying is to put in a little effort to link a relevant text article or add a few bullet points that the video covers. That’s it.

Literally nobody is stopping you from doing that for other submissions. Don't task unpaid community members to do work for you, just because you don't like videos.

Exactly. And with AI tools, getting a transcript and generating a summary shouldn’t be all that hard.

Write a summary bot then.

I’m not watching a random video someone posts just based on the headline

Then don't.

I need a bit more reason to invest my time to contribute to the discussion.

You're not that important. If you don't contribute to a discussion just because the submission is a video, nobody will notice.

Don’t fucking post a two hour video that contains a few paragraphs of info then

You clearly don't know what a summary is. I can summarize Lord of the Rings in three sentences. The details are still important.

If you don't want to watch such a video, DON'T WATCH IT! Don't forbid others to like what they like!

There’s a lot terrible articles with clickbate titles too.

The headline here does not need to be the same as the headline in the article. Other communities have rules not to editorialize headlines, this community does not. "Review of tech gadget X by outlet Y" is a perfectly fine headline here.