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Honestly, this is where small youtubers win over Netflix. They get to the point and make a 10-30 minute video about a topic that would be 6+ episodes on Netflix. And Youtube is basically free, or a small subscription.

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I think this is the first time I have seen YouTubers offered as an example of people who get to the point

Indeed. 10-30 minute video is way too long for this story anyway, and the only reason YouTubers make videos this long, is because they round up to magic monetization thresholds (first one is 8 minutes, IIRC?).

There's definitely two worlds on Youtube. (1) The good ones who put out those 10 or 20-minute videos that just get to it. (2) The rest of them who have useless 1-minute intros, followed by 3 minutes of "Today I'm going to show you X, and Y, and you'll be shocked at how Z doesn't do what you think. But first..."

I've built up a pretty good subscription list that doesn't have (2)'s in it.

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