Why Youtube - or *anyone* really - thinks everyone not in an English speaking country, or with their computer settings set to not English or whatever, might prefer an awful automated horribly sounding "dub" that is not English is fucking beyond me. There are people whose native language is not English, but **they can still speak and understand it anyway!** It's fucking insulting.
I can switch off autoplay with one click, but for this stupid autodubbing I have to do at least 3 clicks. WTF!?
(Watching something on Youtube because Freetube is not working for me atm. So no need to tell be about alternatives, I know them already.)
Edit: That goes in all directions. Set your system to English and you get non-English videos dubbed in English.
Skullena. 💀 (she/ her)
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