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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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Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Woke media
September 20, 2023

The changes made recently have now proven this site to be just another woke media outlet... unsubscribe to this site and app to show them that they do not get to control you and what you watch.

Date of experience: September 20, 2023
Ukraine
4 reviews
0 helpful votes
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YouTube Premium is awesome
September 20, 2023

I really love YouTube but the ads piss me off, so I decided to try YouTube Premium. Now I can say I've saved a lot of money because I don't spend it on unnecessary purchases :)

Date of experience: September 20, 2023
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Who doesn't like youtube?
September 19, 2023

Besides the advertisements showing in between the videos -this is by far one of the best online video app

Date of experience: September 18, 2023
Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shadow deleting comments
September 19, 2023

Shadow deleting my comments. I'm not posting any political, combative, argumentative, negative, or rule breaking comments yet they are shadow deleted, 1/5 stars.

Date of experience: September 18, 2023
North Carolina
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Bull $#*!
September 18, 2023

I signed up for You Tube just to get the NFL Sunday Ticket. I did that bc YouTube advertise every game every Sunday. Well not by a long shot. When you complain they just brush you off saying its their partners not them. Well if you collect my money THAN YOU provide the service. Just a rip off.

Date of experience: September 18, 2023
Arkansas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I was viewing YouTube's website, and the site asked me to start a free trial to continue viewing. I signed up for a free 7 day trial to continue viewing but, the functionally of streaming was so bad I couldn't view the stream. I immediately canceled the free trial within 30 mins to an hour of signing up. The following day I noticed YouTube charged my account $68. I immediately contacted their customer service via email, and they told me they refunded my account. 90 days later YouTube has still not refunded my account. This is what you call STEALING MONEY! BEWARE of providing your account details to you because YouTube steals money.

Date of experience: September 15, 2023
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst service around
September 8, 2023

Tech support is impossible to find.

Restriction on NFL ticket is rediculous. Been supscriber for 20 years, but i am not subscribing this year.

Date of experience: September 8, 2023
Washington
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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While IT IS GREAT for doing basic things such as searching for and watching videos, I can't seem to find my saved playlists anywhere--not to be confused with created playlists--which leaves me feeling very disgruntled and infuriated!

Date of experience: September 7, 2023
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Loyal customer…
September 7, 2023

I used to love YouTube but now they have a bunch of glitches and it doesn't keep track of me with my Premium account
They want to charge $18.99 now from $15.99 and I've had nothing but glitches!

Date of experience: September 6, 2023
Minnesota
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Pausing
September 7, 2023

Will you guys PLEASE remove the 'video paused.are you still watching?' I think we know how to change or exit app when we're ready. It shouldn't matter if we're still watching or not. Sheesh! Very annoying. Also why are you interrupting right in the middle of songs for ads instead of in between songs? This app needs a few adjustments.

Date of experience: September 6, 2023
GB
7 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Asssh9kws
September 5, 2023

The people that own and run,monitor youtube are a bunch of heroin addicted kuntz,24 hour ban too often for giving my opinion,they are woke leftiy fukcing bastards,u hope they all choke and die

Date of experience: September 5, 2023
India
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Good site
September 5, 2023

Youtube is good platform to earn money and get fame famous, it's chances to everyone to growup and make a good life and career

Date of experience: September 4, 2023
Oregon
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Extortion
September 4, 2023

When Google acquired YouTube, they ripped me off. I had bought hundreds of albums o Googleplay, all filed on my Android phone which I could listen to anytime without a connection "above." Now, in order hear them, I need to pay a subscription for YouTube.
There's a word for this...
Extortion

Date of experience: September 3, 2023
Indiana
4 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Truly terrible
September 4, 2023

I hate YouTube and Google as a company. There are so many ads. And stop age restricting my videos, YouTube. Kids already swear 38 times a day.

Date of experience: September 3, 2023
Ohio
9 reviews
17 helpful votes
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I got into a small argument with a podcaster Chris Mos of MMA_HOLES on Youtube. He constantly solicits (begs) for money and is very very unprofessional during his podcast while claiming to have the best podcast on Youtube. I decided to tune in elsewhere because it was appalling, but before I did, I mentioned in a chat text that there were several others doing the same show at the same time and didn't talk with their mouth full of food, use vulgar language for no reason and beg for money constantly (the others actually donate money to charities). I left and started watching the same type of podcast with a different and better host (Jens Pulver). While I was watching the other show, I noticed I had several notifications with messages written to me. I checked them out, only to find that Chris Mos, instead of just reading and ignoring my comment, decided to read it out loud and then say he wanted someone to "whack" me. Yes, I said that correctly, he put a hit out on me. I went back and watched his show to find out what was going on and he indeed asked for his fans to whack me twice. I reported it 3 times to Youtube and they still have done absolutely NOTHING. They could have at least removed the podcast until they sorted it out. It has been over a week and still no response while I have people saying they are going to whack me Soprano style. Ridiculous.

Date of experience: September 2, 2023
Missouri
1 review
1 helpful vote
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YouTube ads
September 1, 2023

If zero stars was an option I would do it 5 hour long ads I stg is pissing me off to where I don't want to watch it anymore...

Date of experience: August 31, 2023
Kentucky
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I don't know what I did, they won't give a specific reason. I have sent numerous emails asking them I want to know exactly what i did. Got nothing.

Date of experience: August 29, 2023
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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New Eyes & Minds
August 28, 2023

Would love to meet the "guidelines"crew. Obviously one criteria has to be short sighted and blind. Tons of sexual content, violent content, ect but you all decided to bother me for saying a kid should of got his butt taken care of for the foolish thing he did. Maybe you shouldn't allow the content. Block me for life I do not give a $#*!.

Date of experience: August 28, 2023
Bangladesh
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Nice job
August 27, 2023

I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of service. Everything works like clockwork. I can easily control my account, everything is transparent, there have never been any problems.

Date of experience: August 27, 2023
Algeria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Amazing app
August 26, 2023

إنه صادق وجميل لاسيما الاصدارات الاخيرة بحيث إنه يحرص على تقديم افضل محتوى ممكن للمشاهد مما يجعلك تستمتع بالتجربة

Date of experience: August 26, 2023