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I just wanted to compare FOSS Linux budgeting software (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Instead YouTube gives me literally nothing but AI spam. :/

I scrolled down a bit more and got this: https://i.postimg.cc/fJcPhG45/Screenshot-20251118-150802.png

Scrolled down some more and this: https://i.postimg.cc/v1khnhRp/Screenshot-20251118-151325.png

I kept scrolling until I ran out of relevant results. Not a single video was legit. I don't think I've ever seen so much AI slop in one search term and by the gods there is a lot of crap on YouTube.

Anyone have a good comparison video? I'm just wanting a decent comparison of Actual, Firefly III and possibly HomeBank. Feel free to also give me your 2 cents on whatever you use :)

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 75 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Well your first mistake was going to YouTube for information

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 71 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Before all the slop-deluge, you had some chance that some niche channel had an actual human behind it who knew their shit.

Some handyman on youtube helped me learn how to install kitchen counters, cupboards, sink etc. a few years ago.

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The difference is, thers's no stakes in teaching you how to install a counter, nobody has the incentive to generate fake AI videos of that. Product comparison is something where youtube always sucked, whether by paid actors or - now - AI

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd say it really depends on the channel. If it's some hobby project by some 'tistic nerd who really likes to compare dehumidifiers, it can be ok.

[–] Crewman@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Okay, not dehumidifiers, but what abut space heater -

https://youtu.be/ND2mrzPnBic

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

There's also Matthias but try finding any of these videos with just search. Youtube is against authenticity now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_4o5ZlsRMk

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Articles are mostly AI slop. For a bit YouTube was actually the best way to have information written by an actual person.

Not anymore unfortunately, now I honestly don't know how to reliably find AI free information online.

[–] AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

At least to compare software you can use alternativeto.net

It seems that the best way to avoid AI slop is to find a small community on the the topic.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Nowhere is safe from AI spam. At least these ones are obvious. Written spam is far easier to generate.

[–] strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 days ago

Web search gives you pages of slop results too, now