"99% of new YouTube content will be slop next year": devs mourn the fall of video
GabGarrett · x · 2026-09-28
A developer reflects on watching AI slop and predicts that within a year, 99% of new YouTube content will be slop — he plans to profit from it, but admits it's a little sad.
His darker thesis: video will eventually get so good it becomes unwatchable — every clip the best thing you've ever seen, lulling viewers into a trance. The shared experience of everyone watching the same movie will atomize, eroding common context. The quoter's response: install a browser mod that never allows any video to play.
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