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YouTube disabled SRV3 subtitle uploads and started deleting them on existing videos (piunikaweb.com)
submitted 1 week ago by missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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These offer customization like colors, text styling and positioning and are used to distinguish who is speaking or for karaoke subs and are now potentially being lost forever.

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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Why did they take that feature away? I was busy abusing it!"

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you are right but to be fair fuck ai.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wouldn't fuck ai. You won't know what STD you get because it'll hallucinate every symptom you both have.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Electrogonnorhea: the noisy killer

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

found the robot. i'm onto you, humans don't get computer viruses.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

I'm autistic, so you ain't that far off from me being a robot.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This shouldn't be a problem because YouTube shouldn't have AI, it shouldn't have shorts, it should just be a place to watch normal videos made by real people ideally with an algorithm that promotes quality content

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Youtube isn't the way you think it should be, though.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Wow, its almost as if I literally said that