# I don't like Youtube anymore. Is there an alternative?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 28, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640 "2010-12-28T20:00:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/1 "2010-12-28T20:00:23Z")
Youtube was fantastic in it’s early days. Then it sold and went commercial. :mad:
Man, I despise those stinking commercials. The final straw is the constant censorship. I ran across some great fan videos where the music had been removed. The RIAA’s dirty work no doubt.
Is there something out there like youtube was originally? A free form place to post fan videos commercial free?
Metacafe has some great videos. No censorship. You can see breasts!!! If you choose to. I’m not sure if they welcome fan vids.
What else is available?
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/2 "2010-12-28T20:03:46Z")
What commercials?
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/3 "2010-12-28T20:07:41Z")
Some videos on youtube have commercials.
It’s based on the hits the poster gets. I think they get a cut of the $$$. Not completely sure.
You never know when you’ll run into one with commercials. Like finding a hair in you food.
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### Author:  [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/4 "2010-12-28T20:12:24Z")
That Vevo shit seems like it just exists to irritate me. It’s not like I’m actually going to watch their 30 second add when I can just hit the ‘back’ button and click on the next video down.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/5 "2010-12-28T20:26:26Z")
This Green Day vid has a Sonic Commercial. You only get it once. If I click the link again, no commercial.
good example
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc)
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### Author:  [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/6 "2010-12-28T20:57:24Z")
There are just too many drawbacks to watching streaming videos on a computer. The shitty quality, the dropped frames, the constant stop and start. Also, nobody seems to realize that the bright white background around the video frame makes viewing the image problematic. Computers and the internet, at least at the end of 2010, are just not advanced enough to offer a pleasant viewing experience. Maybe advancements in the future will make the internet a decent method to view video, but they aren’t there yet.
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/7 "2010-12-28T21:06:43Z")
I find that DailyMotion has a ton of videos, maybe not as many as Youtube, but far more than any other alternative you’ll find, I’m guessing.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/8 "2010-12-28T23:45:53Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> This Green Day vid has a Sonic Commercial. You only get it once. If I click the link again, no commercial.
>
> good example
> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc)
I get no commercial for that video. Is it my adblocker?
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### Author:  [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/9 "2010-12-29T03:16:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Some videos on youtube have commercials.
>
> It’s based on the hits the poster gets. I think they get a cut of the $$$. Not completely sure.
>
> You never know when you’ll run into one with commercials. Like finding a hair in you food.
Ad-Block Plus. Use it, love it.
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### Author:  [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/10 "2010-12-29T03:18:38Z")
What more annoys me is when I try to share a video with friends in another jurisdiction and they get a notice telling them it isn’t licenced there. It’s really frustrating.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-youtube-anymore-is-there-an-alternative/565640/11 "2010-12-29T03:34:01Z")
> [@pedescribe](#):
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> Ad-Block Plus. Use it, love it.
Right. This is what I use, but even with Roku, I don’t get youtube ads. ???