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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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value
320
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returns
205
quality
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Nepal
27 reviews
188 helpful votes
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You know it all...
April 9, 2018

YouTube is the name that everybody knows. So, I don't think I need to explain anything about it.

However, for creators, YT has become a $#*! job. The policies are killing the small, growing creators!

And the other thing about YT is, no matter how slow the internet is, YT is comparatively 10 times smooth as compared other websites in my region!

Date of experience: April 8, 2018
Canada
5 reviews
30 helpful votes
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Lag
March 25, 2018

Youtube is already pretty slow loading and the advertisements just make things worst!

If you're to block a video to be shown in certain country, then just make that video not searchable for viewers there! It's annoying when you find a video only to be told it's not allow to be view in your country!

Date of experience: March 25, 2018
New Jersey
7 reviews
5 helpful votes
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When I first started using youtube it was more of a novelty than a resource. Mostly because it was limited by only what users wanted to show us. Since then though, the have expanded so brilliantly that now you can watch just about anything you could want. I go to the site at least 3-4 times a day to check on something new that might have been updated in my subscriptions or "of interest to me."

Date of experience: March 21, 2018
District of Columbia
7 reviews
16 helpful votes
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It's ok, sold out
March 19, 2018

Youtube was great in the beginning, and that's not to say it doesn't have great original content nowadays either, but all of the new material is recycled off the old material like some sort of perpetually disgusting garbage dump.

Date of experience: March 19, 2018
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Thanks for sharing your story of Kidnapping/Suicide Attempt & what youre doing to help mitigate & prevent this exponentially growing issue worldwide. Good luck on your upcoming fundraiser and I donated on your Go Fund Me page!

https://www.gofundme.com/m5yfyn-depression-suicide-prevention

Date of experience: March 19, 2018
Canada
7 reviews
14 helpful votes
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BEST streaming services for everything basically. There Is so much you can look up on this site such as DIY, Music, makeup, tutorials and pretty much everything else you can think of.

Date of experience: March 13, 2018
Nebraska
16 reviews
11 helpful votes
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I'm a youtuber *zinger75* i've been in love with this website since the age of six, now i'm living my dream of making video's and meeting new people on the way i have this website to thanks for this.

Date of experience: March 12, 2018
NL
1 review
2 helpful votes
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That's not bad
March 13, 2018

They are very helpful and courteous. They maintain their time very carefully and care 24 hours. Actually they are best!

Date of experience: March 11, 2018
Singapore
14 reviews
70 helpful votes
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I love youtube. There are many wonderful shows, movies and videos on there you can watch.

The only thing I hate about Youtube is the annoying advertisements that runs automatically in the middle of a video... I wish there are less of them!

Date of experience: March 9, 2018
Canada
13 reviews
61 helpful votes
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Ding ding ding... The Communist New World Order VS middle class America and United States Consitution.

Youtube/Google is a real display of communist censorship in this global political war against the last bastion of freedom that we call America.

The good news is the communist NWO is failing fast and hard, now. Corruption is throwing itself under the bus.

Be sure to watch 13 min Gulag Tube interview: Ex-KGB, Soviet defector to Canada, Yuri Bezmenov's Warning to America, explaining the NWO strategy underway. Be informed so you don't mix up equality and equal rights with divide, conquer and control. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bX3EZCVj2XA

I suggest Bit Chute, Dtube or Steemit. Either way, blockchain and torrent technology decentralizes control from elite manipulation via Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Blockchain will also replace Amazon, behemoth, Dr Death style business models and the monoply Google search engine. Watch for it and support it.

Start Breaking Free!
Operating system - Linux Mint (like windows), free, safe, lots of open source software.
Search engine - Duckduckgo.com for an amazing private search engine, 2nd to none.
Phone - I use Text Now for a free phone and phone number.
Phone Firewall - Kill/disable all Google apps. Use a "no root" app to block spy apps.
Phone privacy - Google loves to listen: use a mic block app. Turn off GPS.
Save time and stress - Dump smart phone, which I will be doing shortly.
Social network - get a real life or use blockchain
Video - I like Bit Chute

We can't afford to support companies that are out of integrity anymore.

Date of experience: March 7, 2018
Brazil
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Lie, Cheat & Steal
March 6, 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
Morocco
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The truth about gearbest
February 25, 2018

Its the best shoping web site ever its makes everything easiest than other web sites
Thank you for your service Gearbest
Your best costumer Ayoub ait belbrik

Date of experience: February 24, 2018
Belgium
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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THANK YOU ALL
February 19, 2018

THANK YOU ALL TIME OF YOUTUBE FOR YOUR GREATE JOB THAT YOU DO AND HELPING PEOPLE LIKE ME TO BE AEBEL TO OPEN MY CHANNEL GADGETTUBE 24CRYPTONEWS RESPECT YOU ALL GYS

Date of experience: February 19, 2018
Arizona
1 review
5 helpful votes
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My experience with Alloy leads me to believe they are a scam. Their clothes are not sized properly, which means they must be returned, after which Alloy claims the return was not received on time--regardless of how promptly the package was mailed--which allows them to refuse a refund & issue a store credit instead. In addition, this allows them to charge restocking fees, which they charged even on an item they never shipped, & which they also refused to refund. I tried to use the remaining balance/store credit many times, but the # they gave me never worked. Each time it failed, I asked for a refund which was refused. I was actually told the store credit had no monetary value, so a refund was not possible. It wasn't until I got the Attorney General's office of both Pennsylvania & New York involved that the money they so willing took from me actually had monetary value again, & it was suddenly possible for Alloy to issue me a refund check. Coincidence? I think not. Do yourself a favor & stop wasting your time calling Alloy until after you know the attorney generals of PA & NY have contacted them (they will send you written notification). You will be surprised with how cooperative Allow suddenly becomes!

Date of experience: January 25, 2018
Uruguay
39 reviews
47 helpful votes
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Se encuentran todo tipo de contenidos, desde fechas lejanas al dia de la fecha. Hay tutoriales con explicaciones desde como cocinar a coser, crear diferentes elementos utiles o tips. Ahora hay muchos tutoriales que llevan de un lado a otro para que indefectiblemente uno se suscriba a sitios con publicidad maliciosa o gastos. Deberian ser mas severos con eso y no permitir el envio de una pagina a otra. En definitiva en estos ultimos tiempos se ha vuelto un poco dificil encontrar algunas cosas, pero en general sigue siendo magnifico

Date of experience: January 23, 2018
Missouri
36 reviews
152 helpful votes
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Annoying comment
January 21, 2018

We should be able to downvote comments like you can downvote videos. If you want to post stupid comments, you'll get over it.

Date of experience: January 21, 2018
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Was having trouble having my order processed... waited on the phone for 15 mins for someone to tell me theyre not sure why and would call back tmrrw. No one ever called me back.

A week later I was able to order and they sent me a 32" inseam pair of pants when I ordered a 37". The most expensive pair of pants were huge. Unable to get the return application to work. Sent an email... and another... and another... aaaand another... still waiting 2 weeks later for any sort of human response.

Terrible... so disappointed. Will never order from here again.

Date of experience: January 18, 2018
Colorado
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Youtube is Cool
January 8, 2018

On YouTube, you can do all sorts of things like making animations, gaming videos, blogs, etc. But there is one thing that isn't good... Click baiters. Ugh, the click baiters, perfect at luring people in to watch there videos that aren't true. I have a bad experience with a click baiter. The click baiters video was about a car "exploding", but all he did was throw rocks, I commented "Clickbait" but he just made up a lie to reason "Why it wasn't click bait". Then another day shortly after, the guy commented "Click bait" and he expected a real video of Lego Star wars II, but it said in the title it was a slideshow, so basically, he disliked the video for the fun of it. I blocked him. Don't you just hate it when that happens?

Date of experience: January 6, 2018
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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NEVER order from Alloy
January 4, 2018

As a 6'3" woman, I've ordered online since ordering clothing online was possible (and from catalogs as an extremely tall, slender child before the internet). I've almost never dealt with companies making major mistakes, and always had an easy time reaching help to fix any problems... until Alloy. I ordered coats that had no adequate pictures--and as a tall woman, it's always necessary to try more than one size. Three days after I placed the order, they mailed a pair of petite pants in place of one of the tall coats I paid for. It took a week and a half of attempts to reach them before they started a slow, painful process of proving to them that they had made a mistake. By the time they finally mailed the coat I'd paid for, it was on sale for half the price i paid, and arrived a full two months after I ordered it. The coats were beautiful, but designed by someone who doesn't understand a tall body (only had longer arms, but shoulders, and torso were proportioned for a much shorter woman). I called and followed their painful procedure to return one coat (get an approval code and a promise that it is authorized for a refund, pack it up in my own box, pay shipping to mail it back) only to be told that it had been too long since I ordered it (due to their mistake), and they had decided not to refund the return they had authorized. They've said my money will at least remain in my account as a credit, but I've been mysteriously locked out of my account. I don't know if their password reset is broken for everyone or just for those with credit, but I've been attempting to make it through to get that fixed for a week and a half. (And each phone call requires a minimum 5-15 minute wait to speak to a human). Alloy may have tall clothing, but it is an enormous waste of your time, sanity, and money. NEVER order from them; I will be relieved to be done with them once I've used my remaining credits. It's a pity; if they spent a small portion of their massive advertising budget on customer service, they would have repeat customers and far fewer terrible reviews.

Date of experience: January 4, 2018
GB
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Somebody who hates me flagged my channel and it got deleted. What kind of site lets anybody delete people's profiles? I've contacted Youtube and they have yet to explain what happened.

Date of experience: December 27, 2017