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Reported: SpaceX videos will henceforth be only on X (né Twitter) (self.spacex)

submitted 1 year ago by pigeonberry to c/[email protected]

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The Launch Pad @TLPN_Official 2:27 PM · Sep 3, 2023:

SpaceX will now be exclusively broadcasting on X

All upcoming live streams on other platforms have been removed and the SpaceX website has been update to only show X.

I did a search for "YouTube" site:spacex.com on Google. There were hits but the ones I checked were only because of Google's cached copies; the pages themselves no longer have references to YouTube (or LinkedIn or other platforms).

There are many old videos on YouTube. I don't know where to look on YouTube to see upcoming streams, and don't have an inventory of videos, so I can't check them.

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[–] clothes 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This sucks. If I thought there was careful thought behind this I might understand - I'm all for diminishing YT - but it's just another sad reminder of who owns the company.

I don't believe Nitter supports livestreams yet, and won't blame them if they never do. Glad we have unofficial streamers outside of twitter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If viewing experience we're comparable or better, I wouldn't mind so much. The internet would definitely benefit from a serious YouTube competitor. But as it currently stands, the viewing experience is much worse.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Super disappointed in this. Can't say I'm entirely surprised, given the CEO's recent distracted antics, but this is definitely a regression in viewing experience. No pause or rewind capability, no Mission Control audio, grainy resolution, no frame-by-frame...

I don't know where to look on YouTube to see upcoming streams

They would be listed in https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceX/streams, and are labeled "upcoming".

and don't have an inventory of videos, so I can't check them.

I definitely do not have an inventory of videos going back just over a year. Is there anything you would like me to not check?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This is sad, Twitter video is still shit.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool, now the failed launches can be hidden from the public!

[–] pigeonberry 7 points 1 year ago

The, or one of the, most successful rockets ever? And people are taking pictures and videos of the launches anyway.