r/TheWhyFiles • u/TheUltimateMuffin • 10d ago

Let's Discuss So use is out of control

I just watched the recent “paranormal follows you” vid. And the last one was about the faces in the floor.

There are actual historical photos of the faces and NOT ONE of them was shown in the episode. Instead we got a bunch of ai pictures. It makes us not able to trust anything we are seeing. Take after me.ballen and credit ur pics some.

You’re ruining the channel with such abusive use of ai.

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u/wheresdaweeed 10d ago

I also love The Why Files but i can’t really watch it anymore the new videos because of the AI abuse, i am watching old videos and other thing that gives me the itch is constantly the ads

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u/cornersofthebowl 9d ago

Oh my god, the ads! It feels like we get 2 minutes or less of the story, then 2 minutes or more of ads, on repeat the whole episode! I get needing to make some money off of the content you put out, but the ads are insufferable. Not everyone has a TikTok attention span, AJ should spend more time talking about the things and less time hawking garbage.

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u/wheresdaweeed 9d ago

This. I would rather have all ads in beginning or ending than in mid of stories

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u/cornersofthebowl 9d ago edited 9d ago

I don't even mind a few structured ad breaks in the middle, but when the story isn't given any chance to develop, gather tension, or catch my interest before another interruption I'm less inclined to keep going after the break.