YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
There’s always the Revanced Project on Android. Honestly though, I’ve cut way back on YouTube after their algorithm started shoveling crap at me. Now it’s hard to find genuinely informative videos. It’s all “This guy got PERMANENT ORGASM FACE DISORDER Tears of the Kingdom” type videos, instead of ones on science, technology, and news.
Ever tried looking at youtube while in incognito mode? What’s popular is a hellscape of lowbrow garbage that makes reality tv look downright erudite. I still like the site when it shows me all the channels I’ve curated, but otherwise, goddamn…
I’ve been thinking of switching to Invidious or something and using youtube primarily via subscriptions. I’m kind of getting sick of the whole ‘recommended’ frontpage thing.
I’ve learned to be brutal with pruning my watch history. I watched one of those Zelda videos and it refused to show me anything else in the first recommended spot, even when I repeatedly hit not interested. Search totk/Zelda in my watch history and deleted everything.
There’s always the Revanced Project on Android. Honestly though, I’ve cut way back on YouTube after their algorithm started shoveling crap at me. Now it’s hard to find genuinely informative videos. It’s all “This guy got PERMANENT ORGASM FACE DISORDER Tears of the Kingdom” type videos, instead of ones on science, technology, and news.
Ever tried looking at youtube while in incognito mode? What’s popular is a hellscape of lowbrow garbage that makes reality tv look downright erudite. I still like the site when it shows me all the channels I’ve curated, but otherwise, goddamn…
I’ve been thinking of switching to Invidious or something and using youtube primarily via subscriptions. I’m kind of getting sick of the whole ‘recommended’ frontpage thing.
My god, it’s 50% movie/TV ads. The rest is clickbait with thumbnails for idiots.
Wow. I thought the frontpage was bad back when I made a choice to consciously curate years ago, but I had no idea this is what it turned into.
Yeah I feel like youtube prioritizes click bait rather than actually sending me things I want to see.
I’ve learned to be brutal with pruning my watch history. I watched one of those Zelda videos and it refused to show me anything else in the first recommended spot, even when I repeatedly hit not interested. Search totk/Zelda in my watch history and deleted everything.