The YouTube app for Android. It’s become my hobby to observe how it gradually becomes worse and worse. But not with dark patterns but just plain bad handling.
all icons became bigger over time, having to scroll more if you have multiple playlists
sorting has recently become almost impossible, you have to hit that perfect one pixel wide spot to rearrange videos
the search, oh my… 3 results, 5 unrelated videos, twenty shorts, 5 suggestions, 3 more results, repeat
only shows couple of playlists, have to click on “show all”
playlists are sorted alphabetically, or by last addition, varies from update to update. Muscle memory is useless
all the above varies from device to other device to browser to PC, there’s no consistency
and so much more
If I want to use YouTube seriously I’m using Firefox and ublock, but I reached a point where I’m looking forward to every app update to enjoy the “improvements” they made for a “better user experience”.
The YouTube app for Android. It’s become my hobby to observe how it gradually becomes worse and worse. But not with dark patterns but just plain bad handling.
If I want to use YouTube seriously I’m using Firefox and ublock, but I reached a point where I’m looking forward to every app update to enjoy the “improvements” they made for a “better user experience”.