[Retric]

A wide range of things have gotten dramatically cheaper, but that only goes so far.

Many YouTube channels make great use of Zoom calls for example. It’s still generally a compromise vs an actual face to face conversation.

Safety is another real concern. People have died doing stuff solo that wouldn’t have been particularly dangerous with minimal supervision.

[bobthepanda]

I mean as far as this goes

> Many YouTube channels make great use of Zoom calls for example. It’s still generally a compromise vs an actual face to face conversation.

A lot of today's news footage with experts etc. these days is also not shot from studios but from online calls. Actually flying somebody out onto location is pretty uncommon; and I would say with the rise of filmed podcasting, that podcasters are more likely to have people on set than television news is.

[Retric]

Daily TV News is limited by travel times. If some story breaks finding the right person and getting them on an airplane and then into a studio can be impractical.

[bobthepanda]

I just think if both are using zoom calls it's a bit unfair to make youtube the bad guy for also doing so.