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YouTube Reviews Summary

YouTube's reputation is increasingly marred by customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to excessive advertisements and perceived censorship. Users express frustration over the platform's reliance on ads, which disrupt viewing experiences and lead many to consider alternatives. Complaints about account suspensions and a lack of transparency regarding community guidelines further exacerbate concerns about customer service. While some users appreciate the vast array of content available, the overall sentiment indicates a growing discontent with YouTube's management practices, prompting calls for more user-friendly policies and a potential shift to competing platforms.

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Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Unwatchable
September 27, 2024

I used to sit through ads, you know, when there weren't 1 every other minute. So I started using an extension to speed up the ads. Then YouTube starts blocking my access to videos with an unstoppable popup, telling me to 'turn off my adblocker'. I used to get away with turning it off, refreshing, and then turning back on. Yet, I am now stuck watching 2 pre-roll ads that I will not watch and will now avoid the company of said ad. Then, every 5 minutes, watch another 2 ads. AND, guess what! The videos ends in 2 ads as well. The greed is getting wayyy too much for me and it's becoming hard for me to want to watch videos on YouTube. Not to mention the home page is garbage now. It's all videos I've already watched, or videos identical to things I've already watched. I would like to get some new creators eventually? PLEASE?! Not to mention the ads on the home page. I obviously dont care about the news nor sports, why keep popping up a screen-length ad to show me those kinds of videos or shorts. Get your act together, YouTube- Rumble's on my radar.

Date of experience: September 27, 2024
Mexico
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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YouTube is a nauseating platform! Does anybody remember a video from 2011 of a girl in a red hoody tossing puppies in a river? Yah YouTube still has her video up on the platform! YouTube also allows dog meat videos on there too 🤢🤮 Along with people doing yoga butt naked and blurred porn even though they have a no nudity policy! I'm switching to Rumble! Rumble isn't full of disgusting and vulgar videos or users stealing YouTubers videos and channel names! People and parents do yourself and your children a favor and switch to Rumble because YouTube is not taking down this crap!

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Date of experience: September 22, 2024
GB
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Pure censorship
September 18, 2024

So many mild videos are now age restricted,and i aint giving them my bank details. So you can drive a car at 16, but cant watch a video on vaginal odours for example. Its totalatarian dictatorship from google. Youtube is finished.

Date of experience: September 18, 2024
India
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Too many ads and bad recommendations videos nowadays, idk why youtube do that, and you can't skip ads on yt tv. Youtube keep getting worse

Date of experience: September 12, 2024
Kenya
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Ads
September 12, 2024

The none stop ads with all the tracking components is horrible. Every youtube video has had at least one ad, but most are two ads piggybacked together sometimes totalling more than the video.

Date of experience: September 12, 2024
Denmark
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Youtube should change name to Advertising tube

To much clickbait and fake Thumbnails.

Lots of Censorship, so content creatures has to telling things between the lines.
Censorship also harms public health, by promoting harmful information, while censoring information that benefits health

Date of experience: September 2, 2024
Belgium
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I flagged a pirated Warner Bros movie ("The Cell" and "Room 1408"). And YouTube flagged me as fraudulent and removed my account.

Date of experience: June 4, 2024
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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AFTER YEARS HAVING A CHANNEL MAINLY STUDY AND WATCH MOVIES (OF WHICH I BOUGHT OVER THIRTY AND FULLY PAID YOUTUBE TO ACCESS IT AT ALL TIMES) I HAVE BEEN NOW TOLD THAT MY CHANNEL WAS TAKEN DOWN FOR SPAMS OR POSSIBLE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY! I HAVE NEVER EVEN UPLOADED ONE VIDEO OVER THE YEARS DUE TO THEIR EXPLICITLY RACIST ALGORITHM PRIORITISING ONLY WHITE UPLOADERS.
I HAE BEEN ASKING A REFUND FOR ALL THE MOVIES BOUGHT FOR DAYS, AND SOUGHT AN EXPLANATION AS WELL AS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAUSED THE CHANNEL TO BE TAKEN DOWN. I HAVE TAGGED ON TWITTER AS OTHER PEOPLE WHO WENT THOUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR SUGGESTED ON YT. YET, THE ONLY RESPONSES I GOT WERE FROM AN AI, THEN A COUPLE OF POSSIBLE HUMANS THAT ACTED WORSE THAN AN AI AND SIMPLY AVOIDED EVEN ADDRESSING MY REQUESTS ABOUT A REFUND AND NEVER PROVIDED AN EXPLANATION.
I AM STARTING. A PETITION. GOOGLE INC. IS A DICTATORSHIP AND IT MUST BE REGULATED TRANSPARENTLY. IT'S REVOLTING. SINCE THE *******@IDE IN GAZA GOOGLE (WHICH NOW OWNS YT) HAS SHOWN ITS TRUE RACIST *******@ZIS COLOURS. THEY HAVE PROVIDED ISRAEL WITH BIASED AND PRIORITISED SEARCHES TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING OF INNOCENT CHILDREN, THEN HELPED THEM PROVIDING THEM WITH TECH TO KILL MORE, AND MANY ENGINEERS LEFT. NOW THEY TARGET CHANNELS THAT HAV ETHE COURAGE TO LEAVE COMMENTS THAT CALL UP *******@ZIS ACTIVITY AS IT ARISES. IT IS ABSURD, 2024 AND HUMANITY IS NOW SLAVE OF THESE ABUSIVE CORPORATIONS THAT LITERALLY GET AWAY WITH RACISM, SEGREGATION BY ALGORITHM AND SUPPORTING GENOCIDE WHILE CHILDREN ARE EXTERMINATED.
Date of experience: 28 May 2024 AND STILL UNRESOLVED

Date of experience: May 31, 2024
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have to assume that youtube is a very poor company and cant afford basic algorithms or code to fix something so simple as.if this video has been watched by user, then do not recommend...i know soooo complicated to add a line of code or an algorithm so basic. This has been an ongoing problem for years with this platform, and like i said youtube must be too broke to implement such a basic customer service as dont recommend already watched videos. Youtube needs to learn to be better to its customers because recommending thousands, at least, a day of already watched videos to its customers is beyond ridiculous as a customer. I know if i was a part of this company i would think...hmmm in order to get consumers to spend more time in videos seeing ads and whatever else makes the company money, maybe we should stop recommending videos that have already been watched. If we do that theyll spend less time marking in-numerous videos for do not recommend ive already watched it and spend more time actually watching videos, ads, etc. In short this has been an issue for users for YEARS and youtube clearly has no concern for making their platform the best it could be for users and clearly just want to drain their customers of as much as they can. If that werent the case they would have listened to their customers at this point to improve something so simple. Its a disgrace that theyre completely ok with making things harder and extremely annoying for their customers.

Date of experience: May 19, 2024
Washington
6 reviews
7 helpful votes
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You Tube sucks!
May 16, 2024

I've been paying for you to premium for several years I'm a contract creator for more than a year I have 1900 more than 1900 subscribers 3 days ago yesterday I go and look and they got me down to 1100 after getting into with those Nigerian scammers down in the comments so I guess they have Nigerians working for the company they don't like somebody talking about the Nigerian scammers! BS YouTube!

Date of experience: May 16, 2024
New York
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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This website makes my brain hurt I can't resist my head being weird I get dumb of theses lesson my parents forces me to do it and my teacher

Date of experience: May 13, 2024
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Free Speech is a right and Youtube Censor the truth, RFK Jr needs to be heard not Censored! Youtube allow toxicity but not Peace, Kindness and Truth. Allow Free Speech!

Date of experience: May 8, 2024
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Google has completely ruined $#*!Tube. Ads everywhere, too expensive, slow, resulotion is always 480p or lower even when the settings are fixed otherwise. Constantly getting flagged for bullying but never when I report a real harassing comment. You $#*!s just need to go yourselves and do the world a favor. People like you pieces of trash ruin everything that's fun because you're greedy as $#*!.

Date of experience: May 3, 2024
Illinois
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Good
May 3, 2024

Its a pretty good video sharing source but some videos have inappropriate things or words. But overall i'd download.

Date of experience: May 2, 2024
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ages 1 100 Decide Who Wins $250,000 || Mr Beast
Mr. Beast is a popular YouTuber known for his captivating and often philanthropic content. However, it's important to note that directly copying someone else's video description, especially without permission, can potentially infringe upon copyright laws. It's best to create your own unique description inspired by the video content, ensuring it doesn't violate any copyrights or intellectual property rights. If you're unsure about what constitutes fair use or copyright infringement, consulting legal advice or familiarizing yourself with YouTube's copyright policies would be a wise step.

Date of experience: April 24, 2024
Armenia
28 reviews
1 helpful vote
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YouTube has become my go-to destination for entertainment, education, and inspiration. The platform's vast library of videos covers every imaginable topic, from music and gaming to cooking and DIY projects. I appreciate the diversity of content creators on YouTube, each offering their unique perspective and expertise. Whether I'm looking for a quick laugh, learning a new skill, or discovering new music, YouTube never fails to deliver. The user-friendly interface, personalized recommendations, and seamless streaming experience make it easy to lose myself in hours of endless entertainment. With YouTube, there's always something new to discover, and I'm grateful for the endless source of inspiration it provides.

Date of experience: April 22, 2024
Washington
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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It's probably not YouTube's fault. During the pandemic, it was *the* channel to watch. Now, people just aren't making the vids anymore...they, too, have "real" lives to get back to. Sadly, it's now filled with ads that don't appear to be targeted to any specific audience. Being a "woman of a certain age", YouTube is trying to sell me hot girls, "cheap" (!) vacation packages, vehicles, processed meat, and news, news, news. Being addicted to it, I confess I check daily to see if there's One New Thing I'm interested in viewing, but I usually go away disappointed.

Date of experience: April 16, 2024

There are a few good videos on YouTube, but a random search revealed that 90% or more, in my opinion, are probably fakery designed to baffle, terrify, or simply brainwash us. The "service" is the single most dangerous source of stupidity available to the gullible, but again, this is just my opinion based on observation and education. If you believe everything you see, even if you believe it's fake, you're probably still being tested by some algorithm somewhere to see just how much malarkey you'll swallow before barfing. As a people, we are already ensnared by the machine. There's no going back. Never thought I'd be grateful to be getting old...I won't be alive to see the end of rational thought, but I feel sad for the children and grandchildren of today, who seem disinclined to question anything transmitted to them via their numerous devices.

Date of experience: November 30, 2023
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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YouTube has gone right down the toilet ever since they introduced the 'anti-adblocking' system on their servers. Now that Google run YT they seem to have an issue regarding those who block adverts for revenue. The most annoying thing about it, is that these intusive ads are interuppting the video that you are watching. It is ok to have ads - but only if they put them at the start and end of a video. Putting ads in between videos is quite abrupt and ill mannered. It seems that the man at the top has no manners whatsoever and doesn't seem to listen to reason. It takes good manners to be the CEO of a large company. This Neal Mohan has none whatsoever and SHOULDN'T have any rights to be where he is!

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Ohio
7 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Ok
March 23, 2024

YouTube is my go-to platform for video content. Whether I'm looking for educational tutorials, entertaining vlogs, or music videos, YouTube has it all. The user-friendly interface and personalized recommendations make it easy to discover new content. I also appreciate the diverse community of creators and the ability to interact through comments and likes

Date of experience: March 21, 2024
Maryland
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Youtube has become garbage
March 19, 2024
Updated review

Too many advertisements in front of the videos in recent weeks. Additionally, I'm tired of this platform blurring out sections of a video like a war documentary. Its history. STOP BLURRING IT OUT. I wish creators would start switching to Rumble. They have 1080p videos now and no blurring, very little censorship. Youtube has become trash.

Date of experience: March 19, 2024

Its OK
July 6, 2023
Previous review

They have interesting content but the platform does stupid things. For example it will start playing a movie in 720p yet the movie offers a resolution in 1080p. Why dont these idiots just play the movie in the highest resolution? It could at least communicate with the computer or phone & see if 1080p is possible. Nearly all devices today support 1080p.

Date of experience: July 6, 2023

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