Why Does YouTube Have To Make It So Hard?

[hunter]

12. I connect my little internet computer to my big monitor or television using an HDMI cable.

It worked fine the last time I tried it.

Disclaimers:

I have a YouTube Premium subscription because I have little tolerance for television advertising. There is a "download" option that allows me to watch videos offline but these files are heavily protected and can't be copied to other devices, so far as I know.

I don't watch ANY television news or opinion. I think television is a terrible medium for news and opinion. ( The site formerly known as twitter is worse. )

My wife and I don't have cable, satellite, or broadcast television. We watch DVDs and subscribe to a few no-advertising streaming channels at any given time. We unsubscribe to them when they start to be uninteresting to us.

My "little internet computer," my Linux laptop, my phone, and my big Linux desktop all have separate internet identities and I use them for different purposes. I don't do email on my phone. Our television isn't connected to the internet or an antenna, just the DVD player and whatever streaming dongles we currently hate the least.

In general, if someone makes it difficult or irritating for me to watch their crap I don't watch their crap. If the internet goes out my wife and I have a large collection of DVDs to watch, most of which I've bought impulsively at thrift stores.

It's possible I'm not such a connoisseur of movies that I care if they are 480p, 720p, 1080p, or 4K. I'm only paying attention to the story. That may be why the HDMI cable works for me.