This Web App Lets You 'channel Surf' Youtube Like A '90s Kid Watching Cable

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Many of america retrieve nan halcyon days of being a kid successful nan ‘90s, spending a play day pinch distant power successful manus and a seemingly endless good of worldly to watch connected TV. Now you tin relive nan acquisition acknowledgment to nan appropriately named Channel Surfer web app. It's fundamentally a YouTube find instrumentality that surfaces absorbing videos, but presented successful a retro homage to nan cablegram transmission screen.

Channel Surfer is nan activity of developer Steven Irby. He has 40 channels connected nan app correct now, mostly grouping contented by theme. There are channels for emblematic cablegram fare for illustration news and sports, but besides music, movies and a number of much tailored tech subjects for illustration AI, gaming, gadgets and space.

"I built Channel Surfer because I’m tired of nan algorithms and indecision fatigue," he told TechCrunch, which is wherever we discovered nan app. "I miss transmission surfing and not having to determine what to watch. I want to conscionable beryllium and tune into what’s connected and not deliberation astir what to watch next."

It seems Irby isn't alone, because he posted connected X that nan number of views he's getting for Channel Surfer already collapsed 10,000 connected its first day.

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