As ProZD just pointed out, never use the home screen, just go straight to your Subscriptions feed. It helps the people you subscribed to and you get more videos.
this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2024
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Glad this isn't just my experience. I hardly ever use youtube except for mma clips and the why files; the absolute bullshit they think i want to watch, I have no idea why. Their algos are flat out wrong.
Pro tip though, you can use uBlock to zap the Shorts element right off your screen.
Revanced on Android will remove the ad, the community posts, the shorts and all the rest of the stupid fucking bullshit
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youtube is on its way out, thankfully.
And what's the alternative? Genuine question
As much as I hate what YouTube has become, it disappearing would be a disaster for the Internet. So much content would be lost...
This is why we should cherish those who save things and maybe consider saving a bit ourselves.
And not anyone can support the server ressources required to run YouTube.
Centralizing it into 1 entity is the entire issue.
That's what federation aims to solve.
I wonder how much content worth archiving there really is on YouTube and what the resource cost would be like for just the good stuff.
Like, if we just filter out all the clickbait prank videos, all the vlogs by famous assholes, all the ragebait, all the let's plays by people who just scream a lot, all the bullshit reaction videos and all the shitty gym videos. Keep one of each for the museum and to teach humankind to never again let it come to this.
How much more is there really to YouTube content if all the subpar crap is flushed away? And would the costs for hosting be too high to maintain?
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Subscriptions tab.
Also you can adblock any part of the page you don't like, including the Shorts area.
I use the Brave browser and as of today, it still defeats youtube ads.
That’s gonna be a hard no on using a prominent bigot’s product.
Man, I don't know or care who makes free software that works. I also just looked up what you're talking bout, and it's nothing, just a bunch of bullshit wildly exaggerated from 2013.
You do you, man. I try to live my values.
You should really read up on what you just claimed, and it's not like I'm financially supporting them anyways.
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