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YouTube to Make Original Content Available for Free Starting Sept. 24
YouTube's original series, movies, and live events will be available for free starting Sept. 24, though non-paying viewers will have to deal with ads.
Eager for YouTube to make its original content viewable without a premium subscription? The wait is almost over. YouTube's original series, movies, and live events will be available for free starting Sept. 24. Here's the catch: non-paying viewers will see ads when watching this content, and "only select episodes may be available for streaming [for free] at any time," YouTube said. Premium members can watch YouTube originals without ads and download content for offline viewing. They also get access to all available episodes in a series right when they premiere and exclusive bonus content like director's cuts and extra scenes. Note that some YouTube originals will remain exclusive to Premium members; to check out the full list, head here and click on "Availability of YouTube Originals."I’m ok with ads, since I’m planning on ending my YouTube TV subscription soon.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Never.
We only allow supervised YouTube use, typically for Curious George shows.
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Never.
We only allow supervised YouTube use, typically for Curious George shows.
You can do this with pretty much any service or device. Roku (premium) has this functionality baked in where you can stream all of PBS kids lineup back to back.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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The fire tablets are super limited, but super cheap, and moderately kid friendly from an interface perspective.
Limited how? All she needs is something that'l let her play and learn numbers, letters and shapes. She doesn't need nor does she now how a web browser works.
App limited.
For anyone interested, you can install the full Google Play store on a Fire tablet. Recently purchased a Fire tablet and through the install of Google Play, I was able to install any Android app from the store. Haven't run into anything that wouldn't work so far. It's now in use as a security display for my Unifi Video cameras at my house via the Android Unifi Video app.
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Google Play Store’s blindingly white redesign starts rolling out
The all-white theme might actually be a good sign for dark mode lovers.
Google seems to be rolling out a major new redesign of the Google Play Store. We've seen this design slowly take shape through limited testing over the past few months, but now it seems like the design is finally coming to a wide array of devices. These designs are occasionally just for testing and get rolled back, but with the launch of Android Q on the horizon, we get the feeling this version will stick. The new design is in line with the revamped "Material Design" spec that Google launched with Android 9 Pie last year. This style uses the Google.com homepage as a design inspiration and as a result it is very, very, very white. You can see a lot of this design today in Android P and Q and in the new Gmail design that launched earlier this year. -
Ransomware Infects 20+ Local Government Networks in Texas
At this time, the evidence gathered indicates the attacks came from one single threat actor,' the Texas Department of Information Resources said. It's unclear which ransomware strain was involved and how much the hackers are asking in payment.
A ransomware attack has infected computers at almost two dozen government agencies in Texas. The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) first reported the outbreak on Friday, describing it as a "coordinated ransomware attack." The agencies hit were mainly smaller local governments in the Lone Star State. "At this time, the evidence gathered indicates the attacks came from one single threat actor," the department said in a followup statement on Saturday. A spokesman for the department declined to name the ransomware strain involved and which cities were hit. But the department confirmed that computers at 23 government entities in the state were infected. How much the hackers are demanding in ransom, and whether the state will pay it, is also unknown, but the department plans to issue an update today or tomorrow, the DIR's spokesman said. Ransomware attacks typically work by infecting a computer and encrypting all the data inside. A ransom note will then be posted to the computer's screen demanding victims pay up or else see all their data erased. In some cases, the attacks can infect entire fleets of machines once they infiltrate a corporate or government network. -
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@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
You are paying for ad free which is why you don't see them. duh.....
That is not the base paid service though.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
I know that I watch The Orville, as an example, and there are commercial breaks all through every episode that are insanely annoying. But I only watch a few shows there, so I put up with it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
I know that I watch The Orville, as an example, and there are commercial breaks all through every episode that are insanely annoying. But I only watch a few shows there, so I put up with it.
Oh if you only have the base service, then I’m not surprised you have ads.
I’m guessing one of two things, that’s not a high enough price to pay for licensing AND streaming cost or they know the people like you are simply willing to put up with the ads instead of paying more. The annoyances of the ads are easily worth $5/month more to me to mostly be rid of them.
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The baseline Netflix is what, $9.99 or even more? And has no ads.... that seems kinda telling to me.
Hell, HBO has been making bank at $15/m for ages with no ads.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
I know that I watch The Orville, as an example, and there are commercial breaks all through every episode that are insanely annoying. But I only watch a few shows there, so I put up with it.
Oh if you only have the base service, then I’m not surprised you have ads.
I’m guessing one of two things, that’s not a high enough price to pay for licensing AND streaming cost or they know the people like you are simply willing to put up with the ads instead of paying more. The annoyances of the ads are easily worth $5/month more to me to mostly be rid of them.
Except Hulu was founded originally as completely ad free.
I'd be cool if they had just one plan, that was ad free, but instead they have 2 or more plans, at least one of which you still have ads.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Except Hulu was founded originally as completely ad free.
It was? When I first found it long ago it was completely free, just all ads.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
I know that I watch The Orville, as an example, and there are commercial breaks all through every episode that are insanely annoying. But I only watch a few shows there, so I put up with it.
Oh if you only have the base service, then I’m not surprised you have ads.
I’m guessing one of two things, that’s not a high enough price to pay for licensing AND streaming cost or they know the people like you are simply willing to put up with the ads instead of paying more. The annoyances of the ads are easily worth $5/month more to me to mostly be rid of them.
Except Hulu was founded originally as completely ad free.
I'd be cool if they had just one plan, that was ad free, but instead they have 2 or more plans, at least one of which you still have ads.
I’m guessing those ads free days didn’t see enough revenue to keep the investors happy, or the lights on.
They very quickly moved to an ad included level, something like 1-2 years in...
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
I know that I watch The Orville, as an example, and there are commercial breaks all through every episode that are insanely annoying. But I only watch a few shows there, so I put up with it.
Oh if you only have the base service, then I’m not surprised you have ads.
I’m guessing one of two things, that’s not a high enough price to pay for licensing AND streaming cost or they know the people like you are simply willing to put up with the ads instead of paying more. The annoyances of the ads are easily worth $5/month more to me to mostly be rid of them.
Except Hulu was founded originally as completely ad free.
I'd be cool if they had just one plan, that was ad free, but instead they have 2 or more plans, at least one of which you still have ads.
I’m guessing those ads free days didn’t see enough revenue to keep the investors happy, or the lights on.
They very quickly moved to an ad included level, something like 1-2 years in...
Well and now it is Disney, so it is absolute garbage.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Except Hulu was founded originally as completely ad free.
It was? When I first found it long ago it was completely free, just all ads.
Yeah that is what I recall as well...but that didn’t last long either... they moved a ton of content behind the paywall which made me avoid them until I ditched cable
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews e.g. YouTube figures out that no one is going to pay for that.
Yet somehow Hulu is still in business. Ads and it's subscription only too.
Sure there are a few ads, but not during the show, only before and after. These don’t bother me.
Hulu does ads all through their shows, every few minutes. Not only before and after.
Maybe that is in Hulu originals, which I don’t watch.i do watch a lot of shows on Hulu though and have no ads or only ads before and after... I’m paying for the “ad free” version.
So yeah such a there are any ads at all, but they don’t bother me enough to ditch Hulu. Now, if I start seeing them during the shows, I’m gone.
I know that I watch The Orville, as an example, and there are commercial breaks all through every episode that are insanely annoying. But I only watch a few shows there, so I put up with it.
Oh if you only have the base service, then I’m not surprised you have ads.
I’m guessing one of two things, that’s not a high enough price to pay for licensing AND streaming cost or they know the people like you are simply willing to put up with the ads instead of paying more. The annoyances of the ads are easily worth $5/month more to me to mostly be rid of them.
Except Hulu was founded originally as completely ad free.
I'd be cool if they had just one plan, that was ad free, but instead they have 2 or more plans, at least one of which you still have ads.
I’m guessing those ads free days didn’t see enough revenue to keep the investors happy, or the lights on.
They very quickly moved to an ad included level, something like 1-2 years in...
Perhaps he meant the paid version was set as completely ad free, which does strike a memory...but again at the low rate to keep customers, I’m betting they needed more revenue, hence ads came back.
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The death of “Works with Nest” begins now with Google account migrations
Google takeover will kill "Works with Nest," and there's no going back.
The smart home company Nest is currently in the middle of a rocky transition from standalone Alphabet company to a full-on merger with Google's hardware team, where it will exist as a Google sub-brand. The details were announced during Google I/O 2019 and include the debut of the first "Google Nest" product, the shutdown of the "Works with Nest" (WWN) ecosystem, and the death of standalone Nest accounts and the Nest/Google data separation. Until now, the transition has mostly involved news and new products, but now a recent update to the Nest app will let existing Nest users "migrate their account to Google." Be warned that doing this will break a lot of things and is irreversible. So far, it looks like the Nest-to-Google transition more or less involves shutting down everything that was unique to Nest and switching to the Google Home/Google Assistant ecosystem. Migrating your Nest account to a Google account basically means jumping ecosystems, leaving behind any "Works with Nest" integrations with other apps or devices. Basic things like the Nest app, website, and Google voice commands will still work, but that's about it. Amazon Alexa users will probably see the current "Works with Nest" skill stop working, but apparently there is a new "Google Nest" skill that will replace some of the functionality.
