cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18477295
YouTube is now testing out a welcome feature, a sleep timer, but it only works on mobile and desktop, and only for Premium subscribers.
Its only because they’re bleeding money with sleeping views right now…
So wait they implement autoplay, autoplay then ruins recommendations, and the fix is a sleep timer?
I’ve never needed this feature, but surely the sleep timer should be an OS feature? I assume Android and iOS have apps for this.
But also it it screws with recommendations, maybe improve that UI first?
This feels like a “faster horses” situation where they have no idea what to do next.
There’s an Android app called “SleepTimer” that works with basically any app
Fuck you Google. I buy your premium pro phones and watches (that you barely improve) and you want me to pay for basic features like PiP or the sleep timer?
Don’t be surprised that I use smartube, pipepipe, newpipe and others instead.
I didn’t know anybody still used the official Youtube client. Or cared about it.
You my friend are living in a bubble. Most users are using default apps. For your own safety do not go out of the bubble, it’s wild out there.
99.99% of users are on the official client, as is the case for nearly every major web platform.
Why is this even news? The intern can implement that feature in like 5 minutes.
