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i recently realised that youtube is the single most addictive app for me.

- it has reels that doesn't impact your usual video. reels is already a very addictive feature, but having this ability to watch many 1 min videos without losing my current video's timestamp, the search feed, the history and the home feed, it makes a great way to spend 1 hour on a 10 mins video

- it's AI is world class and recommends videos/channels that are full of content that i would watch

- it has a butt load of content.

- vanced/ ad blockers makes it possible to watch videos without ads, so makes the whole experience more grappling.

i spent 3-4 hours on it each day and another 2-3 hours during work. when it's not open as a tab on laptop, its open in my mobile.

youtube feels like a very nasty, evil product as i realise all this.

do you people feel the same about youtube? any detox tips?

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  • 1
    2y
    Still using vanced but i hope there well be a new vanced after the last Team stopped working on it because Google probably pressured them
  • 1
    2y
    And yes. The AI is too good....
  • 1
    2y
    @jonas-w there's a project called Revanced
  • 1
    2y
    I currently use the NewPipe app instead of the YouTube (vanced) app and I watch my subscriptions from there. That would be my detox tip because there you are not so easily tempted to watch other videos. However sometimes I miss the AI and can't resist open YouTube again.
  • 2
    2y
    @cafecortado I was about to point out that it doesn't support SponsorBlock, but apparently there is a fork with that included.
  • 1
    2y
    very addictive for everyone especially those of us who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s watching the same vhs tapes over and over.
  • 0
    2y
    @jonas-w
  • 4
    2y
    i don't think the algorithm is that good tbh, i keep watching the same stuff over and over like there's nothing else, which is ridiculous
  • 3
    2y
    @darksideofyay I have to refresh the home page like crazy to refine the interest and after 10 times to see something new 😪
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