The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that could remove the video platform from app stores
  • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, I mean whose going to steal popular content off of twitch and youtube, and then post it in a horrible bitrate with the wrong orientation.

    • Nevrome@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      I’m with you there.

      Something filmed originally in 16:9 or 16:10 but pasted in portrait mode, using only 1/3 of the screen. Even if you flip your phone sideways, the video is even smaller. GAHHHHHHHH.

  • Nubbly@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 months ago

    Lol, I feel like many communities will become better if tiktok dies. It is the repercussions on specific freedoms that take a hit and it sets a dangerous legal precedent. But everything communitywise should be a net gain.

  • stardust@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    My gaming consumption has been fine without tiktok and the examples they posted didn’t convince me I need tiktok.

  • vmaziman@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    No it won’t. This is 1 of many lemmy gaming related communities. Living proof gaming communities don’t need TikTok to thrive

  • shani66@ani.social
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    4 months ago

    The fuck are they on about? The gaming community is centered around discord and twitch, maybe with YouTube and Reddit in smaller amounts. tiktok’s death wouldn’t even be noticed.

  • whygohomie@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This reads more like the panic of an addict who thinks they’re about to be cut off and less like a coherent take on the issue.

    In reality, even if this passes the Senate, TikTok will be sold to a US-based holding company. Little will change for the end user. It isn’t going to shut down. And even if it did shut down (which it won’t ), this article really cheapens the meaning of “tragedy.”

  • batcheck@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    I feel like a conspiracy theorist for wondering if this is just a TikTok sponsored article.

    I’m honestly more worried about how much twitch and YouTube seem to have given up on improving their platforms. I find it harder and harder to find content on YouTube. Twitch on the other hand still doesn’t support 4k (as far as I know since I catch the same streams on YouTube being in 4k)

    This is another area where I feel like decentralized model would be good. I’d rather a majority of my money go towards a streamer and not the platform that stagnated on the tech side. Maybe Kick can help, but none of my favorite streamers stream there yet even with twitch exclusivity agreements going away.

    • stardust@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      I guess it’s because I’m not into live streams, but twitch has seemed the worst for content discovery. Don’t find it useful for finding relevant content unless it is edited clips put on another site. It’s just useful for finding streams of a certain game, but not actual specific game content like where is item x located.

      • batcheck@beehaw.org
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        4 months ago

        You’re totally correct on that. Twitch for me is for the one competitive game I play (esports and costreams of esports). I use YouTube sometimes for guides and info, that’s somewhat useful. Although I’m starting to find that the video that YouTube shows me as the top video for a search under “relavent” is not always really all that relevant. Sometimes the best video for a search is way down the list. I find it easier for some games (like Remnant 2), to find text guides that are popular and then watch an attached YouTube video there if there is one.

        My main beef with YouTube today is how garbage my front page is. I feel like years ago I would discover content based on suggestions. Now I spend most of my time being irrationally mad at how bad my suggestions are on the YouTube front page.