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submitted 1 month ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.zip

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14192146

A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.

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[-] cloudless@lemmy.cafe 30 points 1 month ago

Tech news is almost exclusively enshittification news these days.

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 12 points 1 month ago

Just don't break my uBlock shorts filters ...

[-] radiant_bloom@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If video suggestions get more space to show their title, that’s good. If they could also show their date of publication, that would be perfect.

[-] Sombyr@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

I'm gonna go against the grain and say this is the only change I've seen them make in a long time that I'm glad to see. I often read comments while watching the video, especially now that dislikes are gone to quickly tell if a video is real or not, or if there's anything else to be wary of. I never scroll video suggestions until after I'm done watching the video, to decide what to watch next. This layout just makes more sense for that.

[-] Magnetron@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

When I scroll down to the comments, a smaller version of the video already remains visible on top. Is this not a default youtube feature?

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 10 points 1 month ago

The most annoying thing of the new design is the bs merch blocking a significant part of the comments section. But I hope there's gonna be a ublock filter for this too

[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Agreed! I love this new layout, but would need to figure out how to block that little bit.

[-] darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago

My prediction is that everyone will hate it but YT will go ahead with it anyway.

[-] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

The design is so cluttered that it had me thinking something was broken. I don't what the design is meant to do besides maybe make you click on a video while still watching a video? Less comment engagement since they're no longer centered in a comfortable way which is great for scammy videos.

[-] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It now feels like one of those crappy porn tube websites... 😐

[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Those recommended thumbnails are real big! Does anyone want them that big? Description and comments on the side is good though.

[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

I wouldnt be upset if it went back to what it looked like in 2006

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Doesn't sound particularly bothersome. It does leave a little less room for comments which can be pretty dense text especially compared to video thumbnails that.don't need as much room really but at least you can read and scroll at the same time as watch.

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

That does look like crap. I bet someone will make a browser addon that changes it back.

[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Just don't take away the option to fully use the width for the video and I don't care. I'm either viewing in full screen or with a browser window only showing the video.

On a side note: Why make comments more prominent? They have always been pretty bad, but last time I checked half of them were bots with softcore porn images. Don't think they have fixed that yet.

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I haven't looked at it. I already hate it. My opinion will not change if I look at it. There is a reason I use alternate front-ends for alphabet ~~agency~~ corporation! products.

[-] SrTobi@feddit.de 2 points 1 month ago

Actually I had it for about a month but they switched me back to the normal version. I did write them a strongly worded feedback, but I dont think it was because of that.

[-] Pavidus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

All I want is for shorts to find its own home, and for search results to be relevant again.

[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Oh wow, I would love this! All the useful info is on the right where you can immediately see it instead of having to scroll down away from the video! Can we opt into this?

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