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Re:On YouTube’s recommendation system by jackson1442 on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:17PM (#28572696)
This is where DuckDuckGo shines. I never go to the YouTube homepage since I just search `thing i'm looking for!yt` and it takes me straight to the search results for "thing i'm looking for."

Granted, I've never watched much YouTube, but that curbs it even more.

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Re:On YouTube’s recommendation system by CincinnatiMan on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:03PM (#28588764)
Similarly, most browser will let you set up a custom search such that you wouldn't even need to go to DuckDuckGo. For example I have "yt" as the alias that searches YouTube. Basically it takes the phrase you enter and puts it into the search query parameter of YouTube.
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Re:On YouTube’s recommendation system by b-star on Saturday September 18, 2021 @10:11AM (#28576419)
I use Alfred on Mac for this. Targeted searches to any website/service you can think of (you can add your own). Such a time saver.
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