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It Finally Happened - Just What I Needed

720 sats \ 28 comments \ @siggy47 11h tech

This morning I tried to catch up on some podcasts on YouTube. I was denied on my smart TV app without signing in. Rather than hunt around for a workaround, I figure this is what I need to get YouTube out of my life completely. I dont think peertube is a smart TV option anyway, right? I'm poking around the rumble app now. Advice on finding the current podcasts? I'm sure the classic old bitcoin stuff is being mirrored somewhere?

Thanks for any help you can give.

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36 sats \ 5 replies \ @Scoresby 9h

Do you prefer to watch or listen? If listen, it's pretty easy to assemble ye olde list of podcasters and plug them in to a podcasting app.

102 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 OP 9h

Yes, I use fountain for listening in my car. I get up really early, when it's still dark and it's just me and the dogs, and I enjoy watching on the big screen.

36 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 9h

Do you find that you are watching/listening less these days? I used to listen to quite few podcasts, but these days I'm finding it hard to find interesting stuff.

102 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 9h

Definitely. Mostly I watch weird YouTube videos in the morning that are unrelated to bitcoin.

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 9h

Its strange to me: do you think the content has become less interesting or have you advanced in your bitcoin journey enough that the stuff covered in podcasts is not as interesting?

I used to really learn a lot from podcasts, and I tell myself the reason I don't listen to very much any more is that they just have the same people as guests that they were having two or three years ago.

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 9h

have you advanced in your bitcoin journey enough that the stuff covered in podcasts is not as interesting?

I don't think that's it. All I have to do is listen to a Stephan Livera technical episode to prove my ignorance if I have any delusions.

I think it's more this:

they just have the same people as guests that they were having two or three years ago.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 3h

For occasionally youtube usage, just go to yewtu.be. It's Youtube without the tracking and ads, you can just post a youtube link in yewtu.be and it'll take you right to it.

I have youtube blocked on my main device, to avoid wasting time, so I use yewtu.be.

It's unreliable enough (youtube is trying to shut it down) that it's a bit of a hassle to get videos this way. This is fine by me - I don't want to be watching videos a lot, anyway.

36 sats \ 6 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 6h

You might fair better with a pi and a browser instead of a smart tv for net stuff. Smart platforms lock things down in annoying ways.

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6h

Very true. I just like the big screen for my aging eyes. I could always cast, I guess.

36 sats \ 4 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 6h

Hook the pi to the tv via an extra hdmi port?

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6h

Good idea. I do have a few pi's laying around doing nothing.

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 6h

If you decide to part with one some day, let me know.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 6h

Will do, although I have a sentimental attachment to the little guys.

46 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 6h

Think of it more like adoption then if you have to "re-home".

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 11h

I have no advice I’m still a YouTube junkie. But been thinking of switching to rumble. I heard they may enable zaps

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 11h

Really? I didn't know that. Since I posted I realized I can find most of the big podcasts right on rumble. I'm sure I'll miss the volume of weird stuff I could find on YouTube, but I'll keep exploring.

108 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 11h

Yeah tether owns a large stake as they continue for world domination using bitcoin

136 sats \ 4 replies \ @Lux 11h

https://grayjay.app/ Maybe helps

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 11h

Thanks! I just clicked on it to get a sense. I have to figure it out now.

I guess casting once I set it up is the way to go?

57 sats \ 2 replies \ @Lux 11h

If it can't be installed on tv, yes. Or connect a pc/android device to the tv

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 10h

yeah the best way is to have a small box PC behind the TV and connect that one to any internet source. You manage it much better than any "smartTV" app crap.

I do not like any TV with internet (it's a trap), I prefer offline TVs.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 10h

I just confirmed that grayjay "isn't available on this device" 😀

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @d680ecaa8e 10h

There is a lot of educative platforms like Odysee.

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 10h

Good job @siggy47. I started switching to Rumble awhile ago, but their content discovery is so much worse that I find myself back at YouTube pretty often.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 10h

I'm watching a Bitcoin Audible episode on rumble now. Most of the stuff I wind up watching does available, but you're right about the content discovery. Everything also just looks cheesier.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 8h

I have always used YouTube since I began my journey in Bitcoin. I enjoy all the material I have been able to absorb from there, including the @Lunáticoin podcasts and all the content from the @DarthCoin guides and the Bitcoin world that is found in all the videos.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @joyepzion 9h

Youtube is still the GOAT as far as content availability except for the ads flooding every 5 mins

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 8h

They are annoying, especially when the topic interests you a lot.