The main problem with youtube is lack of control. I would pay youtube if it allowed me to fully control and monitor how it works so that I can fine tune it's be

The main problem with youtube is lack of control. I would pay youtube if it allowed me to fully control and monitor how it works so that I can fine tune it's behaviour to fit my needs. For example I would like to: - disable recommendations in some contexts (similar to how OP does it) - label videos and let youtube to classify videos into these set of labels, so that I can either block of filter videos accordingly (eg. I could label certain videos as "junk" and would keep those hidden unless I really want to see such videos) - search by video length, eg. show me only talks which takes about an hour - say, show me something I found entertaining, but I have just half an hour, so that after the time is up, it no longer shows such stuff - setup a "watch budget time" to spend or disable service during certain time periods - see metrics about my watch behaviour, so that I can fine tune youtube options accordingly I would be even ok for youtube to show me some ads based on my behaviour, if I have some control over it. Eg. disable ads with too small target group or ads I find annoying. And while there could be some monetization options (eg. you configure your account not to show you something or don't provide service in given timerange - but you would be able to cancel that for a fee :-)) I doubt that it would make sense for them from business perspective: it would decrease the value of the advertising they are selling while it would cost a lot. So in the end I'm not sure if I would be able the real price of all this.