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Ohio
6 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Pop ups with adblock on
October 16, 2019

For some reason I was watching mickey mouse shorts videos whe ads popped up like donald trump quizzes or wikibuy even though I have adblock on and so please to anyone who runs youtube can you fix this problem?

Date of experience: October 16, 2019
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Lie, Cheat & Steal
March 5, 2018

Out of 2 orders I did not receive several items in each order. I contacted customer service right away and complied with their every request by sending photos and e-mail. They said it would take up to 2 weeks (Ive never heard of this type of wait time) and I waited, patiently then contacted again with absolutely no response. They advertise sales but will not send you all you pay for... STAY AWAY from Alloy... this was a great company 12 years ago but whoever runs it now is no better than a lowball street dealer. I feel lucky that I actually received some of my items.

Date of experience: March 5, 2018
Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Removing visibility of dislike counts (luckily there's an extension for that). Moving towards eliminating adblock but if you pay for premium you still get ads. 'Watch later' button now gone completely. 2 x 15 second ads (no skip) on 1 minute long videos. Plus youtubes' plans for advertising on the TV app.

Date of experience: May 31, 2023
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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YouTube now has autopay as default. If you click it off, next time you go to YouTube it's back on.
They are hiding top of screen for some reason.
Comments have been moved and harder to access.
Someone added few subscriptions to my account, not me.

Date of experience: June 27, 2022
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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This app is run by greedy children trying to force you to buy their Premium b.s. You can't even watch a video in its entirety without an ad interupting. But plays the ads without a problem. Then asks if your still there after listening or watching 1 video. Go F yourself.

Date of experience: March 10, 2023
New Jersey
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
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It's definitely the best website of its kind. However, it's become a lot more bothersome since it became a for-profit site. They take down any video that may be a copyright violation. I know someone who's video was taken down even though he had legal permission to use the content. They have really taken the "You" out of YouTube. Even with all their money, they don't attempt to take down racist/threatening/sexual/harrassing comments and I see repeat offenders going unpunished.

That being said, there are no video-sharing sites that can compare to it. If you want to share videos with the world, use YouTube. Just make sure you don't give Google an excuse to censor/ban/sue you by posting copyrighted content. Even a 1-second clip of a logo can get your video removed.

Date of experience: February 9, 2011
District of Columbia
19 reviews
83 helpful votes
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The content available is huge, Youtube now used more bandwith than the entire Internet did when it was first around.

It's such a shame that it is slowly being ruined by the endless ads and pop ups, but I suppose they have to make money our of it somehow, so it looks like we're stuck with it.

Date of experience: September 1, 2011
Washington
14 reviews
74 helpful votes
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Get lost in the abyss of youtube video clips. ITS MY GO TO SOURCE FOR TUTORIALS. Why open a one dimensional manual when you can learn what you need by watching a youtube video on the subject.

I've saved money on repairs. Learned tricks on how to make loading my kayak onto the car roof easier. Viewed reviews on items I was considering. I've made better educated consumer purchases. All through youtube.com. I find it very useful.

Date of experience: March 16, 2011
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We have more important things to worry about than that guy. You clearly don't understand a damn thing about this country with those ignorant opinions. Hope you aren't in the US, if you are, then please leave.

Date of experience: September 15, 2019
New Jersey
23 reviews
40 helpful votes
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Used to be ok
October 16, 2020

I used to use this site all the time but their recent policy of deleting videos dubious of covid tells me that they no longer have any interest in free speech.
But then this is google and they are now effectively state supported.

Date of experience: October 16, 2020
Oregon
1 review
4 helpful votes
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This company's jeans were way bigger than the measurements stated. I returned them and OMG... I paid 39.92 and they only refunded 25.47! Really? Thats the price of doing business with Alloy?!? Ummm too steep for me.

Date of experience: January 3, 2014
Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I have been ordering from Alloy since I was in high school. I am now 35 years old and have just recently been experiencing major problems. The item descriptions are no longer detailed enough to make a proper decision on fit. You now also have to pay for non-refundable shipping to and from, which is insane being that the item I purchased is not the item I recieved. I ordered pants in black and they sent me maroon. All of my back-up paperwork including the packing slip says black. Now I'm stuck with the cost of returning these items and they used to provide a return label free of charge. There is a lot less to choose from and their service has gone down the toilet.

Date of experience: August 2, 2017
Maine
10 reviews
82 helpful votes
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Youtube has devolved into a sandbox for nasty children. Censorship is rampant by abusing the flag spam feature while paying members seem immune the the flag abuse. I had a video just recently get yanked and there is no one to complain to for a resolution. What was in my video? I was boiling lobsters, no political diatribe and no insulting anyone. Somebody didn't like lobsters getting boiled and flagged it and just like that, poof. Gone. The vitriol spewed by morons is out of hand as people who seem to think anonymity is a free pass to animosity. I have since started migrating to Blip. The children can keep their sandbox. I am going to a more mature and responsible video site.

Date of experience: September 10, 2011
Australia
72 reviews
28 helpful votes
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YouTube Review
May 30, 2021

YouTube has such a wide variety of videos to watch, and always pushes out related content for you to continue watching! Sometimes ads can be a bit too long, especially the unskippable ones, but usually its not a big thing and purchasing premium is always an option.

Date of experience: May 29, 2021
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Shop elsewhere
June 5, 2017

Highly disappointed. I have been a loyal customer for years regardless of the fact that they always get things wrong. Also, their jeans most of the time arrive in jegging form. Every single jean seems to run differently for instance I own a black pair of jeans in one size and when I ordered the white pair they fit completely different. Don't even bother doing a return or exchange because the customer is not valued and they will only give some of your money back after you pay for your own return. I'm pretty sure I'm done with this company!

Date of experience: June 5, 2017
New Jersey
4 reviews
21 helpful votes
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Don't get me wrong, YouTube is fine but there's a lot of updates that the site received that I just can't help but to complain about it. For example there are lots and lots of ads, first it was fine by just putting 1 ad and if its more the 5 or 6 seconds long you can skip it. But slowly they have updated this so there would now be 2 ads. This would obviously become a problem because it would take even more time just to start the video. You can see in the picture below that it just takes 30 seconds to start the video compared to the ad time back then this is a very big jump. And now moving on to a more recent update, the dislike counter was removed from the videos. This was The most stupid update that YouTube decided to do because you wouldn't know wether if the video is a scam or not. This was also a pretty stupid update because you could already have the choice to show the videos likes and dislikes. (Oop forgot to mention that you can't skip any ads that are by Google no matter what)

Date of experience: November 22, 2021
Oregon
1 review
3 helpful votes
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YouTube over the past couple years has been implementing more and more changes which make using YouTube more frustrating and less enjoyable. Changes have made the user interface clunkier and less efficient. Its more difficult to get the content I want. They collect my data yet the suggestions are absolute obtuse and I'm disappointed how little YT actually seems to know about me. Youtube was valuable community resource, and its sold out. Who ever is in charge values their comfortable lifestyle more than anything else

Date of experience: March 30, 2022
Arizona
7 reviews
25 helpful votes
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I enjoy watching YouTube for lots of different reasons. My only complaint is the comments part of YouTube where there are trolls and bullying going on and do wish YouTube would take care of this issue. 4 out of 5 stars.

Date of experience: October 17, 2012
Michigan
7 reviews
9 helpful votes
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It's gotten so just looking for a new posting has become next to impossible. Posts for 4, 5, 6 even 7 years ago pop up. Is it all just machines replaying and replaying videos we have seen much too often. ARE THERE NO MODS?

Date of experience: May 25, 2020
Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This is a good place for everyone to listen to music, watch videos/films, gain more knowledge, and connect with others who also resonate with the same interests. Grateful to have such a wonderful platform and my "best friend" during this pandemic!

Date of experience: July 21, 2021

Overview

YouTube has a rating of 2 stars from 1,218 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with YouTube most frequently mention customer service, many ads and free speech. YouTube ranks 300th among Videos sites.

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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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