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by lbotos 339 days ago
> And what part of watching japanese videos in japanese makes superior?

We do have to acknowledge that putting in the effort to learn a second language (whatever language) "takes more skill" than watching a dubbed video, ya?

I took up the hobby of learning a second language to challenge myself. If I watch the videos dubbed in English, where is the challenge?

> failing to acknowledge that the world is diverse and people have diverse needs that we can't even start to imagine.

I think you missed my point because I (lovingly) called my dad dumb -- Youtube has absolutely liberated him and given him access to a rich world of woodworking content that cable TV could never. This feature is helping him access more of that.

Youtube also gave me a world of Japanese content that I could never imagine, but this feature is hurting me by making it harder for me to get the content I'm looking for. Maybe I'm no longer Youtube's target audience, but 1 toggle switch to disable this feature and I'm back in the target audience.