On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 04:55:53AM -0700, Michael Verrenkamp wrote:
> Why not strip out the entire need for a browser on Youtube and use
> Minitube or Youtube-dl, both are privacy respecting Free Software.

because youtube isn't important enough to me to bother. when i watch
youtube, it's because i've come across a link to an interesting or
amusing video, or someone has emailed the link to me. sometimes i'll
watch part of a "let's play" video if i've been stuck for ages in
a particular part of a game. for casual/indifferent use like that,
pointing and drooling with a browser works better.

i sometimes use iview-cli to watch some ABC TV shows that i've missed
because I want to watch it on my big TV and not in a browser...and
without the occasional lags and delays of streaming.

now that i've discovered get-iplayer for BBC programs, i'll probably use
that occassionally too.

but youtube isn't worth the bother. it's unimportant enough that
the annoyances of streaming are acceptable.

> Unless you want to wallow in that cesspit of the youtubes comment
> section. :D

as appealing as that sounds, i think i'll give it a miss. cultural
barbarian that i am.

craig

-- 
craig sanders <[email protected]>

BOFH excuse #163:

no "any" key on keyboard
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