Post #141656
2026-01-18 14:54 UTC
Replies (11)
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@Auster@thebrainbin.org 2026-01-18 17:28
Because God forbid using anything other than their own generated subs. Or to have options. If that's a push to their AI systems, while AI has its uses, when coincidences or fuck ups are too consistent, it may not be either anymore. And thus it feels like Google is trying to tarnish AI to the point even supporters move away from it.
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@termaxima@slrpnk.net 2026-01-18 17:37
Dammit, it was very useful to poison subtitle files for AI ! Write immense amounts of garbage text outside the viewport. AI sees it, viewers don't ! I believe there's even a way to prevent screen readers from getting confused by it... It was great.
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@morrowind@lemmy.ml 2026-01-18 17:37
Didn't crunchyroll recently do something similar? Wtf is going on, what do companies have against fancy subtitles
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@carrylex@lemmy.world 2026-01-18 18:24
\> Use [UNSUPPORTED](https://web.archive.org/web/20230125183911/https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734698) subtitle format instead of one of the other 10 supported ones \> Fast forward some time \> YT disables and removes the UNSUPPORTED format \> 
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@homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2026-01-18 17:18
AI for you!
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@guy_threepwood@lemmy.world 2026-01-18 17:00
I have random issues with youtube subtitles in general. I often watch foreign language videos, occasionally for learning. Except sometimes whilst they work in the video’s language, the translations don’t…until I reload the page, or quit the browser. Or on specific computers which never have issues. 🤷♂️
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@carrylex@lemmy.world 2026-01-18 18:51
While I'm not quite sure about the exact reasons for the removal, here are some probable guesses: * it's a bug * the unsupported, internal format - that allows for pretty much everything - is in some way exploitable * It's getting replaced by something better/standardized as the current solution doesn't seem to always work properly in YT's apps
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@vogi@piefed.social 2026-01-19 09:22
f4mi made a [video](https://youtu.be/NEDFUjqA1s8) about them last year. never knew they were a thing.
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@semperverus@lemmy.world 2026-01-19 01:29
Oh this sucks hard, The Glorious Octagon is going to be ruined.
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@AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2026-01-18 21:09
I wouldn't fuck ai. You won't know what STD you get because it'll hallucinate every symptom you both have.
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@AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2026-01-19 02:34
I'm autistic, so you ain't that far off from me being a robot.