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It might seem like watching YouTube is onproIt's a very simple matter. You launch the app or find the relevant web address, select the video, start it and watch. But it turns out that switching between different devices and Google's interventions in the form of adding new features spoil the viewing experience for many people. And many of us also make fundamental mistakes that we often don't even realize, but that disrupt our relaxation while watching videos.
Subscribers YouTube Premium It's easier for them. They can watch videos without annoying ads and moreover they can run in the background. But if you arm yourself with patience, you can fully enjoy YouTube without paying. As long as you don't ruin it yourself. Many people instead proThe hundredth time you start and watch videos, you do a million other things around you, which in the end will improve something, but they can ruin a lot. What are our the largest audience propeanuts?
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- Reading comments – video comments have been around for a long time, and sometimes you can learn something useful from them. But some types of videos are full of hateful, racist, and otherwise inappropriate comments that can completely ruin your mood. ProIt's better not to read them unless it's necessary. Or read them after watching the video.
- Unexpected activation of hidden features – some functions on YouTube have their own buttons, others are activated by touching. On a mobile or tablet, it can happen so often that you accidentally tap on a video, swipe across the bottom bar, and so on, and something happens. And it's always something that disrupts your viewing experience. ProIt's better not to touch the screen at all while watching unless necessary.
- Automatic playback - YouTube is trying to keep viewers glued to their screens, so it offers a feature where after playing a video, another one will immediately jump in, and then another and another. But it's not always about a topic you're interested in. Rather than relying on inaccurate algorithms to guess your mood or interests, it's better prosearch for videos manually and play only the ones you are really interested in. If you have the feature active, you can turn it off by going to Settings, by tapping on Video and audio preferences and then to the field Playback, where there is already an option to deactivate Play next video automatically.
- Crowded watch history – just like you have a history saved in your internet browser proviewers, it is also stored on YouTube. And the algorithms then use it to recommend other similar videos. If your interests have changed, the easiest way is to delete the history and start with a clean slate. Alternatively, you can History management delete only specific videos.
- Gestures used by mistake – similar to hidden functions, it has YouTube even hidden gestures. Double-tap, pinching two fingers… For example, if you place two fingers together while watching a video, you will see the desired detail. If you do this by mistake, nestYou start to wonder what happened. ProIt's good to either know the gestures or not touch the screen again.
- Swipe across the video – related to the point described above is when you accidentally swipe your finger up or down on the video. This switches the format and the video is either portrait or landscape. Again, it is good to know this gesture or be careful.
