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GregoriusM

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Anyone else sick of how clickbait-y YouTube has gotten? Even more legitimate YTers (which I wouldn’t file Prosser under) with these thumbnails of themselves looking very cringey, with a title that has at *least* three words in CAPS BECAUSE IMPORTANT. (?)
And an EXCLAMATION POINT!
 
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lenard

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Oct 10, 2007
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Why bother, I never pay attention to these rumors, am not a kid I can wait for Christmas.
Takes all the fun out of new product announcements
 
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Serban55

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i always compare the battery sizes with the iphone 11 generations...the 12 was a let down in that department
So for the pro max is increase by around 300mah...the 13 normal is almost the same
 

randolorian

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Sep 3, 2011
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  • Photo of author with exaggerated expression that is never seen in the video itself -- Check
  • Exaggerated, if not misleading title, with all-caps -- Check.
  • Red arrows and/or circles highlighting random things in photo. -- Missing
This thumbnail is missing a big red arrow and thus does not include all three thumbnail elements needed for an emotional, visceral reaction. No click from me.
 

Force332

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Mar 13, 2011
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Are the files recreations based on leaks or rumors he’s received? Or is he sharing the direct files he’s received directly? Ignoring for a moment how cringe I find Prosser personally, I don’t get what he’s going for releasing the CAD files. (Clicks, I know, I know.) What I mean is, he’s intentionally gone out of his way recently to create renders based off of images so he’s not sharing the actual images that weren’t supposed to be shared. But now jumping to releasing proprietary files directly? That seems like a line that probably shouldn’t be crossed.
 

Unregistered 4U

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Jul 22, 2002
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Anyone else sick of how clickbait-y YouTube has gotten? Even more legitimate YTers (which I wouldn’t file Prosser under) with these thumbnails of themselves looking very cringey, with a title that has at *least* three words in CAPS BECAUSE IMPORTANT. (?)
There’s no channel I regularly follow that does that. :) I’m glad my interests haven’t been fully “cringe clickbaited”, but then again, there’s not too many channels about building marble powered music machines, for example. LOL
 

David1964

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Anyone else sick of how clickbait-y YouTube has gotten? Even more legitimate YTers (which I wouldn’t file Prosser under) with these thumbnails of themselves looking very cringey, with a title that has at *least* three words in CAPS BECAUSE IMPORTANT. (😉)
Luke Miani is the worst for cringey thumbnails.They drive me mad.
 
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Lemon Olive

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His youtube thumbnails, or cover photos, or whatever you call them annoy me most of all.

Anyone else sick of how clickbait-y YouTube has gotten? Even more legitimate YTers (which I wouldn’t file Prosser under) with these thumbnails of themselves looking very cringey, with a title that has at *least* three words in CAPS BECAUSE IMPORTANT. (😉)
I purposely do not click on or watch any videos that have these kinds of poster images, or anything even close to it. These people should be embarrassed.
 

turbineseaplane

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Mar 19, 2008
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I stopped following Rene Ritchie for exactly this reason. Don't want my feed to be flooded with that kind of content.

I'm amazed you were able to follow Rene in the first place honestly.

He's such a biased Apple homer that he essentially does PR for them.
 
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mashdots

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Anyone else sick of how clickbait-y YouTube has gotten? Even more legitimate YTers (which I wouldn’t file Prosser under) with these thumbnails of themselves looking very cringey, with a title that has at *least* three words in CAPS BECAUSE IMPORTANT. (?)
I hate it. Linus made a video on this topic and explained that, in a nutshell, views went up with the more cringey video previews. So it seems like it's more the fault of the masses.
 
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Unregistered 4U

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Jul 22, 2002
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I hate it. Linus made a video on this topic and explained that, in a nutshell, views went up with the more cringey video previews. So it seems like it's more the fault of the masses.
No, it’s still on him. :) I’m sure views also go up with sexually suggestive previews, but he’s not doing that. There are absolutely things the masses want. Each individual makes the decision to give it to them or not.
 
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johnsc3

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Apr 2, 2018
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Sometimes when I see posts on anything to do with this guy, I have to remind myself to widen my connotation of the word rumor.
 

RedTheReader

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Nov 18, 2019
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I love how many hurt souls there are over his videos.. lol
As do I. I’d’ve thought people who don’t like his content would just read the Macrumors summaries and get the info. But people don’t do that. Instead, they see “Prosser” in the title and spend the next several pages crying about him.

The man is clearly living rent free in your heads, and it shows.
 

Unregistered 4U

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Jul 22, 2002
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As do I. I’d’ve thought people who don’t like his content would just read the Macrumors summaries and get the info. But people don’t do that. Instead, they see “Prosser” in the title and spend the next several pages crying about him.

The man is clearly living rent free in your heads, and it’s hilarious.
I think it’s equally hilarious the folks that are his sycophants, doing the Good Work of Lord Prosser, pasting the URL to his videos far and wide :D
 
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