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Inspired by this post but the other way around. Which channels (any subject) do you think have stayed true to their beginnings and are still worth watching today?

My pick would be Gamers Nexus.

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[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Some ones I haven't seen yet:

  • Camping with Steve (relaxed Canadian camping with plenty of dry humour, usually some wild stealth camping adventures)
  • Budget-Builds Official (tries out random ass computer hardware and finds its limits)
  • dosdude1 (infamous for crazy Mac upgrades that require resoldering BGA chips and chip programming)
  • EthosLab (already saw Xisumavoid mentioned, Etho is still happily making mature Minecraft videos)
  • Flexiny (ASMR-like videos of mechanics fixing old cars to run again)
  • FlyTech Videos (Windows experiments and deep dives into how Win32 and NT do things)
  • GIFGAS (usual accomplice with shiey in train surfing, although I enjoy GIFGAS' edits more than shiey)
    • Side note: His videos are taken down regularly so you have to be quick to download them before they disappear
  • Hugh Jeffreys (Australian right to repair advocate, usually repairs smartphones but has dabbled into more vintage items recently)
  • Janus Cycle (2000s deep retrospectives into technology)
  • Plainly Difficult (British industrial accident examinations with wonderfully shoddy graphics)
  • polymatt (absolute 3D modelling wizard who takes on restoring vintage tech to beyond brand new with incredible attention to detail, and very engaging edits)
  • Seytonic (cyber security news roundup weekly)
  • This Does Not Compute (retro computer repairs and retrospectives)
  • Usagi Electric (extremely vintage computer repairs, going right back to vacuum tubes to 1980s minicomputers)

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[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You and I have very similar viewing tastes. Nice list.

[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Funny enough, you're not the first one who's also noticed this. A couple years ago, me and a colleague (in helpdesk) shared our YouTube subscriptions and found 80% of them matched, and he introduced me to such channels like Usagi Electric.

I do otherwise tend to notice comments on one channel's videos make references to other channels I also watch (outside of the usual Bringus Studios and DankPods references), so I tend to think I'm part of a larger niche of Gen Z / Millenial computer geeks.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Oh no, my PKCell!

Kent Survival is another relaxing, casual camping channel. Not quite like Steve.

Budget Builds kind of inspired me to fix up this Dell Precision 690 I rescued from the trash.

Polymatt's video on LGR's laptop was positively incredible. So good. So impressive.

Ever watch Brick Immortar? Mostly maritime tragedies, and much more dry than plainly difficult. But I kind of feel they are in the same sphere. I fall asleep to them sometimes.

Man, Usagi Electric's homebrew project is insane.

I could go on and on. So few people I know are interested in this stuff.

Big Old Boats? Hyce? How about Atomic Shrimp? I'm interested in other channels we might share.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Going to be checking some of these out for sure. Nice list!