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by OldSchoolTV 81 days ago
I made this web app to solve my choice paralysis while trying to find a video to watch while eating, which often resulted in my food getting cold before I found something interesting enough to eat.

I liked the way the users didn't have much choice in the cable era except for what channel to watch and which adverts to endure, so I tried to do the same with YT.

The web app is designed for a global sync TV-like passive viewing with curated topic-wise channels, retro aesthetics but some other features too such as:

- Sleep timer (Coz I often need some noise to sleep)

- commercial-style breaks between every few videos

- Linear episodes that play at specific time every day

- Ability to curate your own channel!

Built it for myself, but I’m curious whether other people would use something like this too.