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I have been hit a lot by the adblock-block and my default browser for youtube was Chrome with uBlock. There was some back and forth and it still worked around 5
by kriro 3y ago
I have been hit a lot by the adblock-block and my default browser for youtube was Chrome with uBlock. There was some back and forth and it still worked around 50% of the time. I took the oportunity to try the youtube experience on a brand new clean browser, not logged in. My seed recommendations were 80% right wing and conspiracy material. I humored the algorithm a bit and after three days I was basically in a right wing/anti science/flat and hollow earth bubble. An interesting experience to say the least. It is basically the opposite of my real world interests. I'd describe myself as libertarian and love to learn about different cultures and I do work in academia.
I have since cut my youtube viewing by about 50-80% and am not using Chrome anymore (except for testing/security). Great success Google and thanks for all the idiotic brainwashing content.
I do get that youtube needs to make money somehow and adds are the way. Unfortunately the experienc is so bad, perormance is suffering etc. that I'd rather have no youtube than youtube with adds.
- nullandvoid 3y agoI find YT is only useable via the following combination of extensions these days - Ublock (still works for me, maybe it's a Firefox thing) - News feed eradictor (hides reccomended vids) - Pocket tube (how subscription management should have been) - Sponsorblock (auto skip sponsors which are typically gambling or predatory games)
- lionkor 3y agothe new adblock detection stuff is apparently being A/B tested, some see it, some dont. I run firefox + ublock + sponsorblock and the entire videoplayer is replaced by a "adblockers break ToS" thing and i cant use youtube at all.
- carlosjobim 3y agoIf you're having a bad experience, that is pretty much your own fault. Make a new account or refresh the history on your old account and then spend 10 minutes subscribing to quality channels and you will not have any low-quality recommendations from YouTube.