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Re:De-googling, so far by itishappy on Friday May 31, 2024 @03:56PM (#40539538)
> Every time I have gone there I find content that is literally optimized to use up and waste as much of my time as possible under the incentive of maximizing viewer minutes.

It's a feed, and it responds to your use. I click on longform educational content, I get lots of longform educational content. I find the act of opening clickbait videos in an incognito window along with judicious use of the "not interested" button has kept it quite usable.

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Re:De-googling, so far by the_af on Friday May 31, 2024 @04:18PM (#40539758)
> It's a feed, and it responds to your use. I click on longform educational content, I get lots of longform educational content.

Yup. You still get the occasional dud, but most of the feed is relevant in my case.

I once browsed YouTube without being logged in. Do not recommend. I wanted to gouge my eyes out. I imagine it's a similar experience to browsing the web without an adblocker.

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