Instead YouTube gives me literally nothing but AI spam. :/
I scrolled down a bit more and got this: https://i.postimg.cc/fJcPhG45/Screenshot-20251118-150802.png
Scrolled down some more and this: https://i.postimg.cc/v1khnhRp/Screenshot-20251118-151325.png
I kept scrolling until I ran out of relevant results. Not a single video was legit. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much AI slop in one search term and by the gods there is a lot of crap on YouTube.
Anyone have a good comparison video? I’m just wanting a decent comparison of Actual, Firefly III and possibly HomeBank. Feel free to also give me your 2 cents on whatever you use :)
We need platforms where AI content is just banned. We’re past the point we need to start systematically excluding all this crap.
We need more PeerTube devs to develop it further
Also to switch everybody to Vanillo (not open source but definitely a way better alternative)
Best if they make it so there is no AI Content allowed too or at very least segmented away from human content
Well your first mistake was going to YouTube for information
Articles are mostly AI slop. For a bit YouTube was actually the best way to have information written by an actual person.
Not anymore unfortunately, now I honestly don’t know how to reliably find AI free information online.
At least to compare software you can use alternativeto.net
It seems that the best way to avoid AI slop is to find a small community on the the topic.
Before all the slop-deluge, you had some chance that some niche channel had an actual human behind it who knew their shit.
Some handyman on youtube helped me learn how to install kitchen counters, cupboards, sink etc. a few years ago.
The difference is, thers’s no stakes in teaching you how to install a counter, nobody has the incentive to generate fake AI videos of that. Product comparison is something where youtube always sucked, whether by paid actors or - now - AI
I’d say it really depends on the channel. If it’s some hobby project by some 'tistic nerd who really likes to compare dehumidifiers, it can be ok.
I’ve got a family member interested in switching to Linux but the finance software is an obstacle. I had a look and landed on gnucash which I thought I would trial myself and then see if if would work for them. I like it!
Maybe not what you’re looking for, but there’s a program called “Money Wallet” on Android. It’s on F-Droid and free software. Maybe my favourite because every time I spend cash I just open it up and I enter what I just spent.
For professional use, I’d recommend GNU Cash, though.
This “culture” of stealing video titles, thumbnails and even entire ideas wholesale has been going for a while on Youtube, unfortunately.
I don’t have a video for you but I’ve been using Actual for over a year and really like it. I recommend it. Caveat, I very actively interact with my budget (inputting things manually) and cannot speak for it’s account linking features.
We just switched from YNAB to actual and my wife really likes it. I host it locally with tailscale so she can access it from her phone anywhere.
I use actual as well.
The docker compose works really well, basically set it up once and then it works, even with running updates by pulling new container versions.
I used the account importing to start but now input everything manually and don’t do live sync.
Never heard of the other options so didn’t know about them to compare before setting up actual. I do like the methodology of actual, where it has you only budget money that actually exists in your account, that feels very sane to me.
