Having watched 480i content for so long, you better believe 720p felt HD.
These days, I mostly watch 1080p content because at the size/distance I'm watching, 4K just doesn't "buy" any more joy. But, I remember the first time we watched some 4K videos on a new 4K TV, and the nature ones looked like a window and not a screen from across the room.
Some of them are on Nebula. But, I don't know who you watch. I have a Nebula lifetime, but I also still have a lot of subscriptions on YT. So, it's unlikely to be a total replacement.
I know KZ sends out notifications via Discord, so I expect they do get some sort of spike right after upload. And, as long as they are on YT, getting a quick post-upload spike also causes the video to be offered to more non-subscribers.
PeerTube doesn't provide a revenue stream based on views. KZ and basically anyone that outputs "professional" animations has to have revenue if they are to pay their workers. Other revenue streams (e.g. Merch) can be distractions from the main task of producing video.
Nebula content is only available to subscribers, so the reach is tiny. Creators are free to mirror the content to non-Nebula sites, including YT, so I guess it could be an option.
Dropout is also subscriber only, and they are more jealous about making sure content appears there exclusively, at least for a bit. "One Backflip" and "Pissing Out Cancer" both were Dropout-only for at least a month before the performers could put the specials on other platforms.
Yes, it is possible. But, it's really hard to get off YT after building an audience there, and YT seems to have a much lower barrier to entry than other platforms, even PeerTube.
Yeah, I think edutainment in particular should really try to at least mirror on Peer Tube. You don't earn anything for views there, but you also won't be subject to centralized content moderation.
But, KZ is, I think, captured by Capitalism, and would be unwilling to be hosted on a site that doesn't pay them.
They've admitted to using "AI" content editing tools. But, I'd bet most of those tools are using "AI" either due to exploiting hype, or due to being based on non-generative, "AI" ML classifiers.
That's what it was called when I started getting it for free with my subscription to Google Play Music. :)
It's not often, but yeah, sometimes I'll get a "Jump Ahead >>>" button overlay that skips the sponsor ad-read and/or a clear auto-generated "segment" that is the sponsor ad-read.
Still, I never expected YT Red to remove uploaded content, only to stop inserted advertisements.
US here. I remember when it changed, probably 20-25 years ago. (Tho, of course it was gradual and localized and I'm only one data point.) I was an undergrad, and not in my first year.
IIRC, it was because "gulf stream" was a little ambiguous, because there's a lot of gulfs many of which contain oceanic currents / stream. But, if someone in the U.S. or EU says "gulf stream" they are always talking about AMOC.
Thanks for the clarification. I was too young to program the 2600. I started programming on PC-compatible.
IIRC, the 2600 didn't have a graphics processor. So, you had to "chase the ray" with CPU instructions, which made for some interesting limitations.
I think in the U.S. the nuclear permitting process is so much longer than the methane generator permitting process, and they don't want to wait.