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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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320
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returns
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quality
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Washington
7 reviews
10 helpful votes
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All tech industry spaces suck. They are destroying our societies. Imperfect as they were, we still had something. Billionaires are unraveling our greater good. These platforms are encouraging the worst of human behavior and this system is rewarding people for hating others. These organizations are deliberately ratcheting up division as well as allowing dangerous disinformation to spread all so they can have MORE money. These people are greedy and hopeless. All they care about is money. Do you care about anything? If you do, disconnect from all this crap and go out and live. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/youtube-hate-speech-targeted-harassment-study-bot-sentinel*******813/

Date of experience: August 24, 2023
Brazil
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good site.
August 20, 2023

Good site, help me get 10 subs in one day. Gonna use everyday, maybe going upgrade to premium, gonna hel a lot

Date of experience: August 19, 2023
Estonia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Annoying algorithm
August 14, 2023

You watch one video and it's over, now all your recommendation videos are the same kind and they force you to watch all videos from the same channel. Even "new to you" doesn't make to much difference. And the biggest "joy" to see, when they recommend you to watch already seen videos. Yotube just a lousy, greedy, lazy moneymaking spam site. "sorry" for my english. But, if there were better video platform youtube already died at current state.

Date of experience: August 13, 2023
Belarus
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Absolute dog$#*!e
August 11, 2023

It turned into an absolute trash as now instead of fixing the frickin servers so videos would LOAD AT LEAST, they do a lot of censorship and ban and demonitize EVERYONE who doesn't agree with mods.

And they also beg money for Premium for THAT?!

Date of experience: August 11, 2023
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I left a comment: "This is such a good tip, thank you!" - I refresh 30 seconds later, my comment is gone. Why?

This random comment deleting without any notice at all is really frustrating. Did I leave too many comments that day? - did I do something wrong with that comment? - nobody knows, YouTube won't say.

Date of experience: August 8, 2023
France
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Used to be good
August 1, 2023

In my opinion youtube is folded with ads,
And less you have to pay 20USD for wifi.
Google destroyed youtube.

Date of experience: August 1, 2023
Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
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0 start. They're removed my channel in the last minute because I had 3 copyright and I was already deleted it. When I emailed them and got email that my ID no longer saved all my videos I've post over 4 months and paid premium and got over 22k views. They're working like an uneducated people. Beware they're suck!

Date of experience: July 27, 2023
Nigeria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The deal is a one-year, adjusted franchise tag worth $10.1 million fully guaranteed and up to $11 million with incentives, sources told ESPN. The tag was adjusted to add a $2 million signing bonus, as well as the incentives, sources said.

The $909,000 in incentives includes an equal amount paid for three categories: 1,350 rushing yards and a playoff berth, 11 touchdowns and 65 receptions, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The deal does not include a "no franchise tag" clause, sources told ESPN, meaning the Giants can tag him again after this season. This is something Barkley and his team were hoping to receive.

This was quite a concession by Barkley to report on the first day of training camp for veterans. The Pro Bowl running back was already in the building Tuesday before 8 a.m. ET, a source told ESPN.

Showing up on the first day of camp alongside his teammates reinforces the perception that Barkley is a team-first player. It will limit the questions and drama that surely would have clouded Giants camp if he did not report.

Date of experience: July 25, 2023
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Add
July 24, 2023

There are more ads than videos,
Add hi dikhq lo na yan bata do sabko ki koi or app use kal lo kar ke har 2 mon ke video me 2 add
Very poor

Date of experience: July 24, 2023
Ohio
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I have been very right sided in my comments lately. But have never threatened or harrased anyone. But youtube decides im posting hate speech politics for my views. It is my right to say how I feel without being violent or a bully. Which I did. Stop stomping on my constitutional rights

Date of experience: July 21, 2023
GB
7 reviews
16 helpful votes
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YouTube spies
July 18, 2023

Do not ever download the app. Un enable it. I now use the web version.

The app is horrendous. Shows you advertisements based on your online activity. Obvious spying.

Creators know much more information on you then you think. Including when your online, your subscriptions and what content you watch.

Date of experience: July 18, 2023
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Before I used to see my favorites movies in Spanish and now all this Chanel disappeared. Now YouTube its boring and terrible

Date of experience: July 17, 2023
Pennsylvania
5 reviews
37 helpful votes
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You can watch the most violent, disgusting videos on YouTube Without any of THEM being censored. But every time I say the word $#*! they want Stop me for making further comments like I live in russia or I'm a child. The word $#*! is not against the law. YouTube has no right stifling my vocabulary or punishing ne for what i say!
I will no longer use YouTube ever again. I certainly will never, ever, ever, ever give them another penny!

Date of experience: July 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SoNuker
July 11, 2023

SoNuker offers an innovative approach to social media growth with an emphasis on YouTube. The user interface is intuitive, and their services have potential. However, their effectiveness can vary, and a more transparent communication about potential risks would enhance user confidence. Overall, it's a viable tool for aspiring YouTubers.

Date of experience: July 11, 2023
North Macedonia
20 reviews
17 helpful votes
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They are picking who to promote or not
There's no chance u can gain views or subs unlike on tiktok. Youtube sucks

Date of experience: July 8, 2023
NL
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Actively censoring and hushing up all critics on terrorist state israel. That means actively supporting apartheid, massacre, raping, demolishing homes and stealing the lands of Palestinians!
Free Palestine from Nazi Israel.
And f*ck YouTube for supporting them.

Date of experience: July 7, 2023
Algeria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rating
July 2, 2023

Very good website it deserves 100 users or even thoasnds everyday thanks! I hope this website grow up so much

Date of experience: July 2, 2023
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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It's really fun how you'll suspend people for speaking their thoughts and opinion. What are you hitler and Fidel? We will always be leaving our thoughts in this world with or without your plantform. Imagine if honey boo boo and all these real live shows kicked people iut. This is why no one wanna use YouTube no more. You $#*!es act like little Karen's.

Date of experience: July 1, 2023
Turkiye
1 review
0 helpful votes
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https://youtube.com/@kaosoldurucu
June 27, 2023

https://youtube.com/@kaosoldurucu kaos öldürücü YouTube kanalı mükemmel videoları çok ta güzel iyiki böyle bir YouTube kanalı varmış

Date of experience: June 27, 2023
New Zealand
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Youtube has been self destructing for years, from banning people for no reason other than moderators just decide to not like people, to destroying their own search engine so vids you know are on there frequently wont turn up in results, to having majorly double standards such as allowing porn if the uploader labels it "art" but banning vids for showing historical footage, neutering the dislikes so you cant tell if videos are good or scams by user feedback, to now, where they have killed the block function so you cant shut out filth users, only hide their comments so they can still post on your stuff you just wont know what now
Godspeed to all other video hosting sites to get the users as youtube dies

Date of experience: June 26, 2023