Re: Tonight's movie

On 2/7/2025 3:04 PM, Tim Merrigan wrote:

On 2/5/2025 5:40 AM, Gary McGath wrote:

On 2/5/25 8:31 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:

On 2/3/2025 11:14 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:

Keith F. Lynch <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

We ended up mostly watching YouTube videos.

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Most notably, a new Lehto's Law video that shocked even me.  And I
thought I was unshockable.  It's about a man who was compelled to
plead guilty to stealing his own identity.  He had to falsely confess
that he wasn't who he claimed to be.  (He was eventually exonerated.)

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Lehto's Law is a channel that demonstrates something I hate about
YouTube.
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It has interesting content, but the 'video' angle has exactly zero
added value - its just him sitting in his office talking at the
camera.
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You spend 10-40 minutes for a story you could have read in 5 minutes.
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No wonder I watch it at 1.5x to 1.75x speed, and still feel he's
wasting my time.
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pt

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I watched a Lehto's Law video with a friend yesterday, about the challenge to a Louisiana law that says cops can order people to stay 25 feet away from them. I'd already known a lot of what was in it. The main benefit was that I got my friend to see it.
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I think videos are popular because many people use phones for computers, and it's a pain to read much text on them.

 Have they never heard of audio only?  If the video doesn't add anything, why have it?
 

Perhaps YT is easier to publicize and monetize than a podcast.
There's a few YT channels I listen to, rather than watch, by
syncing my phone with my car audio while driving.
pt