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The only way to make YouTube even remotely tolerable is with liberal use of the "Not Interested" and "Don't Recommend Channel" functions. I also set up separat
by Legion 4y ago
The only way to make YouTube even remotely tolerable is with liberal use of the "Not Interested" and "Don't Recommend Channel" functions.
I also set up separate YouTube viewing accounts by interest, so that I can clobber away everything not related to a specific interest in that particular account (eg. anything not sports related gets "Don't Recommend Channel"'d in my Sports YT account).
YouTube pretty much fights you tooth and nail the whole way, but eventually your blocking of irrelevant and garbage recommendations leaves them no choice but recommending things related to that interest.
- cortesoft 4y agoI use YouTube, but only direct links or searches. I never use YouTube itself to find my next video
- RockingGoodNite 4y agoI'm almost at this point as well. Using the Not Interested and other tips helps but it's not long before the stuff rolls in not remotely matching my interests.
- fastball 4y agoI just use this Chrome extension[1] (though actually with Brave for the ad-blocking) and don't worry about recs at all. When I want to watch a YouTube video I go on YouTube and am given a list of recent uploads by my subscribed channels. I pick one, watch it, then usually close the tab because there are no recs on the screen to lead me on an endless rabbit hole. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unhook-remove-yout...
- popcalc 4y agoI was wondering recently if a thing like this existed. This is exactly what I was wishing for!
- imiric 4y agoThe only way to make it tolerable IMO is to stop using its frontends, and relying on its recommendation system. Use alternative apps like NewPipe, Invidious, and mpv+yt-dlp, and curate your own viewing experience with a simple list of uploaded videos from your subscriptions. If you want to watch a video about a certain topic, search for it, and never watch it from YouTube itself. Just don't feed their algorithms, and don't rely on them.