BSP-129: YouTube Killing the Trending Tab, YouTube Strikes Alex Jones' Channel, & More

On episode 129 of the BSP, I explain why Patreon acquired Kit.com, as well as cover Anchor launching a podcast studio, YouTube killing the Trending Tab, YouTube blocking Dislike button spam, The YT web player dynamically adjusting to fit a videos native resolution, YouTube striking Alex Jones’ channel, Twitch launching the Creator Camp, Apple fixing the Core i9 Thermal Throttling, Verizon launching a VPN, a new Stream deck from El Gato, and much more. 

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00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Practicing What I Preach!
01:49 - I Do Enjoy Making Videos
03:32 - Why did Patreon Acquire Kit.com?
04:52 - Anchor Launches Podcasting Studio
06:28 - YT News Flash: https://youtu.be/UkUdsH7xWOc
06:44 - YouTube Explore Tab Experiment
07:58 - Despamming Dislikes Button
08:28 - YouTube Web Player Adapting to Vertical Video
09:45 - YouTube Strikes Alex Jones
12:12 - Twitch Launches Creator Camp
* https://www.twitch.tv/creatorcamp/en/
13:20 - Apple Fixed Core i9 Thermal Throttling
* https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/24/apple-addresses-macbook-pro-throttling/
16:10 - Verizon Launches a VPN
18:32 - Stream Deck Mini
19:24 - New Shure Gear?
20:41 - Suggested Film of the Week - Castle Freak
23:25 - Thoughts on a $300 Microphone Boom Arm
25:25 - Initial Thoughts on Rode Broadcaster
26:17 - What You Had to Say
26:44 - Apple Should Admit Fault to Regain Good Faith from Consumers
28:58 - Well Produced Videos are Essential Now
30:06 - Screen Recording & Digital Audio Routing
31:56 - Ask Bandrew
32:23 - Email 1
33:38 - SunshineAndPowercuts.com
33:55 - Thoughts on Online Media Affecting Attention Spans
40:20 - Outro

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Bandrew Scott

Bandrew Scott is the founder and host of the youtube channel Podcastage, where he posts reviews of audio gear, and shares tips and tricks to improve the audio of your Podcast, YouTube Channel, or Live Stream.

He also founded the Geeks Rising podcast network, which is home to amazing education, wellness, and pop culture podcasts such as Tourette’s Podcast, Sunshine & Powercuts, and On The Subject.

Bandrew also runs his own show titled the Bandrew Says Podcast. On this show he analyzes the latest news to determine how it affects the content creation ecosystem, and shares that to help creates remain aware of how the platform they use is changing.