By OP's standard I'm what you would consider a YouTube addict. I can spend hours just watching it in a single day. And I do this regularly. It doesn't warp my v

By OP's standard I'm what you would consider a YouTube addict. I can spend hours just watching it in a single day. And I do this regularly. It doesn't warp my view of the real world, or disconnect me from my work/social circle/ability to keep myself healthy. 90% of what I watch is educational anyways. What I disagree with overall is that notion that doing something a lot & compulsively is an addiction. If you're doing something that knowingly causes you or other around you harm and then doing it anyways because you can't help yourself, only then is it really an addiction. I can think of tons of other harmless interests/hobbies that people spend hours of their day on, in lieu of doing other activities, but no one considers those addictions.