chadwickbosemanย It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman.ย
Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage IV.ย
โฃA true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much. From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilsonโs Ma Raineyโs Black Bottom and several more, all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.ย โฃโฃ
It was the honor of his career to bring King TโChalla to life in Black Panther. โฃHe died in his home, with his wife and family by his side.ย โฃ
The family thanks you for your love and prayers, and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.ย โฃโฃ
and you know what the fucking bullshit isย theyโre replacing it with a ~6 months free of a subscription to a third party captions provider~ which of course youโd have to pay for after those 6 months are up and you KNOW random youtuber #9039 isnโt going to bother to keep paying for that either because they wonโt have the money or they just wonโt care. and youtubeโs going to act like thatโs a perfectly fine alternative that wonโt result in the majority of the site suddenly going fromย โmore or less accessibleโ toย โFuck You If Youโre Disabledโย
โciting low usageโ are you fucking kidding me nearly every worthwhile video i watch uses community captions. sometimes theyโre kind of janky cuz they were made by some 14 year old who thought itโd be funny to put their own irrelevant jokes and commentary in there but that wasnโt a reason to ditch the feature entirely when its so useful and important
iโm not even hard of hearing and i rely on them to watch videos in other languagesโฆthis is literally how people have been making english subs for japanese songs and the like for years and it was great because you didnโt have to reupload the videos yourself and take away views from the original creators. many creators donโt allow reprints of their work whatsoever so if they go through with this (which unfortunately they seem pretty deadset on because lololol moneyyyyyy) itโs entirely likely that there just wonโt be a way to watch that content with captions
thereโs a petition to keep community captionsโฆi donโt know if itโll really do anything since theyโre already going ~oh but we have Paid Alternatives!~ but donโt just let this pass by this should be a huge deal but iโve barely seen anyone talking about it (not that i expect people to talk about things of any particular importance on tumblr but itโs not even getting attention on twitter beyond that one thread and like 2 other posts)
so like. sign this and shit donโt let youtube just actively get rid of accessibility features without anyone caring (though iโd say probably use twitter if you want to actually get their attention i donโt think theyโd look here)ย http://chng.it/LN9HRNmnkg