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No YouTube No More, Part 3
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay If you haven't read it yet, you might want to start with Part 1 (and Part 2 ). Picking up from there: On February 14, just over three weeks after the second suspension, I filed the following prorated refund request with Google Play, which is where I'd subscribed to YouTube Premium: Hello, My YouTube account associated with this email was disabled, which has resulted in loss of access to my annual YouTube Premium subscription. The subscription was purchased for $139.99 annually, and I had approx…
No YouTube No More, Part 2
If you haven't read it yet, you might want to start with Part 1 . Picking up from there: What's next? As a consumer, after a couple of weeks without Premium, I'm not sure how much I'll be using YouTube going forward. On the music front, I've already moved onto Apple Music. I don't like it quite as well, but I'm already paying for it as part of an Apple One Family Plan, it's ad-free, and it does the job. YouTube's ads are pretty intrusive, but I don't see myself rewarding bad behavior by giving them m…
No YouTube No More, Part 1
I'm writing this partly as a site and channel update and partly as a public service announcement for other creators. photo by WikiImages What happened? I've been using YouTube for years as a consumer. Last October, I decided to try my hand at making videos. They weren't great, but I was having fun. More importantly, they got me back into drawing and working on my next children's book after a long, long dry spell, and when I added in the storytime aspect, I felt like I was creating something for my future grandchildren and be…
Happy Halloween!
👻 Happy Halloween! I’ve got a special jack-o’-lantern drawing going live today — quick, fun, and festive for the season. Check it out and share your favorite Halloween art or costume in the comments! 🎃🖤 👉 Draw with Brian #4 – Happy Jack-o’-Lantern (Halloween Special)
New YouTube Channel
YouTube logo by Oejitv, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons . I started a new YouTube channel over at https://www.youtube.com/@BDCrowell . I figured I'm working on illustrations anyway, and some people might like watching that progress. I know I enjoy behind the scenes videos , and I like watching other artists draw . So, if I like it, there's bound to be others. The first video is up. Give it a watch, and if you want to see others in the future, be sure to subscribe. Update: there's No YouTube No More .
