So does anyone get annoyed at YT videos that are 20 minutes long with 4 minutes of product view? I now go out of my way to read text/pic reviews of products, but alas, sometimes 30 seconds of a visual representation is worth it. But 20 minutes is not.
I wanted to see how a red dot looked on a pistol but had to FF through a dozen minutes of blabbing about nonsensical stuff. Anyone else?
We all want instant consumerism, don't we? We want unbiased reviews with no extraneous information. We want somebody else to do the work for us so that we don't have to and to present it in a manner that doesn't take up too much of our time for us to know exactly what we want to know and not anything superfluous.
I am not completely harshing on you. I sort of feel the same way. However, I learned to fast forward through videos to get the information I needed and to skip most of the extraneous crap. It isn't a perfect method, but I can sample a video and at least learn if it has what I need or not pretty quickly and if not, move on to other videos.
As for all of that nonsense that you don't like, while I agree it can be useless and annoying, it really plays well to many viewers. I am a YouTube creator and post hunting videos. One thing I have learned is that no matter how I do a video, there will be people who don't like some aspect of it. I get everything from me talking too much to not explaining enough. If I include the stalk in my video showing how I got to the animal, somebody won't like it because all they want to see is shooting and action. Afterwards, seems like everyone knows how I should have done it differently, LOL. I try to streamline things to viewer interests.
My point? Most creators customize their videos to viewer responses and what they are comfortable with doing and are capable of doing. I know there are some of MAC's or Hickock45's videos that include monologues about issues not directly relevant to a particular gun review. I skip through them. Many viewers, however, feel like those guys are talking directly to them and feel like they are a part of what is going on as a result and that garners them a lot more viewers.
My advice to you is to not deselect such channels because you feel that they are too long. As a consumer, you will be missing out on free information that you may not get elsewhere from guys who know something of what they are talking about. Learn to bypass the drivel and get to the meat of the issue about which you are interested. It will help you in forming your impression of what you are wanting to buy as compared to other reviewers.
Has anyone tried full 30 or whatever it's called? Hickock 45 was talking about it one day. Seems like a YouTube for just gun stuff.
Full30 exists mostly because creators get paid off of YouTube (originally) and later off of Patreon, and of course off of direct sponsors. Full30 is a closed club, only allowing certain people to present. They don't (or didn't as of a few months ago) pay their creators.