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idle thought #692
Aug. 13th, 2025 09:11 pm...I just put together that the reason the Bendy design looks so familiar is it looks (on the face, at least) like a colorswapped Obariyon from the Devil Summoner Raidou games.
Aug. 13th, 2025
Youtube Boycott
Aug. 13th, 2025 09:12 pmWell, uh. It's going? It has come to my attention that I might have a bit of a problem, but that's okay. I'm also not 100% sure how long I can keep a full boycott going, but that's fine. I'll remind anyone else maybe thinking about it that even substantially changing your viewing habits especially if you're a heavy user will be noticed as long as you're not the only one doing it.
*One of my big youtube uses was overnight. I'd have 8-10 hour ambience videos going to help me sleep. Except Dailymotion also has those. Don't need youtube overnight anymore!
*A lot of people were worried about watching cartoons/animated stuff/anime. Check your local library. You might not even need to physically check anything out if they have a service like Hoopla. I believe I found HunterxHunter on it the other day. If your local public library is part of a library system, like ours is, you may even be able to get stuff within the area but not at your specific library through an interlibrary loan. I can also confirm that 'Animation & Cartoons' is a section of the Internet Archive, though I can't confirm they will have the specific cartoon you want to watch. Also, some places, like yugioh, have their own dedicated website from the publisher to watch the anime.
*Something you have might have Vevo for music. The Internet Archive also has music.
*Some youtubers might have, say, a podcast that you can listen to instead of watching, or at least to cut down on your watching. Council of Geeks and Jessie Gender have a podcast, The Man With a Million Channels Simon Whistler's stuff are also podcasts, some like the Meidas Touch Network also have their own website to watch things instead, etc.
*It's harder to get actually voiced let's play content alternatives, but there's some non-voiced I've found on Dailymotion, and there's always Twitch (though if you're looking for full playthroughs that's unlikely, as Twitch added their 'maximum hours per channel' thing a bit ago).
And if you just have to watch: watching signed out, using adblock (as the FBI recommended) and a VPN are all ways to send a message to youtube and make your data less profitable. Maybe see this as a sign to de-google your life. Sign petitions, write or call Google, like or share videos calling them out on their policy, etc.
Oh yeah, also: think long and hard if you want to give them any info. If you're a creator that uses facecam, I'd probably be most likely to do the selfie, since that's info they already have and have already used to train AI, so they're not getting anything new that can and will be lost in a massive data leak.
*One of my big youtube uses was overnight. I'd have 8-10 hour ambience videos going to help me sleep. Except Dailymotion also has those. Don't need youtube overnight anymore!
*A lot of people were worried about watching cartoons/animated stuff/anime. Check your local library. You might not even need to physically check anything out if they have a service like Hoopla. I believe I found HunterxHunter on it the other day. If your local public library is part of a library system, like ours is, you may even be able to get stuff within the area but not at your specific library through an interlibrary loan. I can also confirm that 'Animation & Cartoons' is a section of the Internet Archive, though I can't confirm they will have the specific cartoon you want to watch. Also, some places, like yugioh, have their own dedicated website from the publisher to watch the anime.
*Something you have might have Vevo for music. The Internet Archive also has music.
*Some youtubers might have, say, a podcast that you can listen to instead of watching, or at least to cut down on your watching. Council of Geeks and Jessie Gender have a podcast, The Man With a Million Channels Simon Whistler's stuff are also podcasts, some like the Meidas Touch Network also have their own website to watch things instead, etc.
*It's harder to get actually voiced let's play content alternatives, but there's some non-voiced I've found on Dailymotion, and there's always Twitch (though if you're looking for full playthroughs that's unlikely, as Twitch added their 'maximum hours per channel' thing a bit ago).
And if you just have to watch: watching signed out, using adblock (as the FBI recommended) and a VPN are all ways to send a message to youtube and make your data less profitable. Maybe see this as a sign to de-google your life. Sign petitions, write or call Google, like or share videos calling them out on their policy, etc.
Oh yeah, also: think long and hard if you want to give them any info. If you're a creator that uses facecam, I'd probably be most likely to do the selfie, since that's info they already have and have already used to train AI, so they're not getting anything new that can and will be lost in a massive data leak.