• Otter@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    If they avoid the thumbnails out of principle, they lose a significant chunk of revenue.

    It’s a small annoyance for a small number of viewers, and there are browser extensions you can get which fix clickbaity thumbnails. The clear choice is to do the thumbnails

    • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I guess. I only heard about him a year or so ago and it seemed like his thumbnails were more "normal"just that recently.

      Click-baityness aside, it just reeks of vapid, shallow, content. I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but if I see Fabio on the cover of a book, I know I’m in the wrong section so there’s some merit to it.

      I’m not going to get my tech insight from someone who makes their content look like this.