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Why do some YouTube videos start with a short clip from the video itself? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure if I can explain this well but a lot of YouTube videos nowadays start with a small clip of the video itself. Does anyone know why this trend started? Is it an algorithm strategy?

Maybe most people like it, but it's It's very off putting for me and I find myself having to skip most intros.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

As someone who browses almost exclusively 9n my phone, I appreciate having a moment to pause it, flip my phone sideways, and adjust the resolution because YouTube always defaults to crappy.