Dear Fediverse, thank you for being a safe haven from AI slop.

[the_wub@mastodon.social]

@_elena @ozzelot
I would suggest trying FreeTube and/or Invidious to watch YT videos. FreeTube can be configured in many ways and includes "Distraction Free" settings.

Both break every now and again as YT changes stuff, sometimes for a couple of weeks.

In such situations you can find videos with FreeTube and use tools like yt-dlp to grab videos.

But generally FreeTube works fine.

There are versions of FreeTube for the main desktop platforms as well as Android.

[sylvia@social.lol]

@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 I left Pinterest for the same reason. Even with turning off AI, it was just disgusting. I used it to find patterns, home inspiration etc, but everything is slop now. Disgusting.

[lefteristrip23@mastodon.social]

@_elena @bookstardust yeah, tbh I wouldn't mind a fediverse Pinterest

[erminiahaller@mastodon.social]

@_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 what’s even the point of posting this kind of no-sense

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@erminiahaller I have no idea TBH. It’s not like you can monetize pin views. I didn’t dare check what it was linking to…

@bookstardust @lefteristrip23

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@lefteristrip23 @bookstardust a Fediverse Pinterest and also LinkedIn would be amazing

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@sylvia I used to find so much creative inspiration, too. It’s terrible what happened to it 😭

[lefteristrip23@mastodon.social]

@_elena @bookstardust LinkedIn absolutely. Unfortunately, this one REALLY, needs people to join

[andycarolan@social.lol]

@sylvia @_elena @bookstardust @lefteristrip23 ArtStation, DeviantArt, Pinterest, and even more surprisingly Adobe Stock, are all filled with the same AI Slop now.

It's frustrating to need to look for the Hide AI toggle before every browse!

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@andycarolan Adobe Stock too? Noooooo 😭

[andycarolan@social.lol]

@_elena Sadly, yes. It's in the side panel on the results pages. Also, it defaults to showing GenAI... because of course it does. *blood boils*

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@andycarolan "Generative AI Only"?!?!? Whaaaaaaat

[andycarolan@social.lol]

@_elena Yes... how sick and disturbing is that?!

Every day I question why I'm giving this company money to use their apps. Sadly, I'm stuck with them as my work depends on it.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@andycarolan ouf I feel your pain.

When I had to make the Fedi promo video I absolutely had to use AfterEffects (there's no real competitor in the motion graphics sphere, plus I had over a hundred ready-made templates I could use to save time).

I only purchased an Adobe subscription for a month (AE). And canceled it as soon as the video was done.

For editing I learned DaVinci Resolve as I didn't want to give extra $ to Adobe.

It's so sad to see how far down they've fallen, values-wise 😭