• TheNamlessGuy@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago
    1. Text posts don’t show up in your subscription feed on desktop
    2. You don’t get notified when a text post is made, even when having “Notifications: all” on for a channel
    3. The only way you’d see it on mobile is if you use the YouTube app instead of the browser (or maybe if you use some third party app?)
    4. You grossly underestimate the attention span of the average YouTube watcher. If it can’t be passively listened to, most people won’t bother
    • mang0@lemmy.zip
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      You forgot the most important part: no ad revenue from text posts on youtube.