Does anybody know how to waste less time on YouTube lol

  • Ark-5@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    5 hours ago

    I use a YouTube front end that doesn’t have a “feed” or algorithm based suggestions page. It only has a subscriptions page and the related videos side bar. I can still definitely go down rabbit holes, but they are often more focused and related to something I’m interested in, rather than devolving to slop.

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        This has been my exit strategy. With no algorithm, I lose interest naturally and instead focus on…

        Well the important thing is that I’m not giving YouTube ad revenue.

  • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
    20·
    1 day ago

    Yeah, use the official client, the stupid stupid ads will annoy you enough to interrupt you in frustration from time to time

    • Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      19·
      1 day ago

      Friends invited me to a game of Okey and I can’t really calculate shit well in my head (discalculia, like have you ever divided 6 by 3 and found 3 and thought it was perfectly sensible?) so I had to use my calculator app. I found this a few days after, by then I had forgotten the game (lol), thought a lot about whatever the fuck I did on my calculator for two hours. Had a good laugh when I figured it out

  • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
    24·
    1 day ago

    Uninstall apps then use YouTube via mobile browser.

    The experience is just not as seamless, which makes it easier to disconnect.

    I did something similar with Reddit, I also have Adblock setup on mobile with a custom rule to block Reddit.com. So if I do want to go on reddit, I specifically need to open the Adblock app and go through menus to enable it again.

    And a more abstract answer, find something else to spend your time on.

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
    16·
    1 day ago

    Use Newpipe and only use the RSS based chronological feed for watching stuff. (Or just use a nice rss reader like feeder). Only subscribe to channels that make actual quality videos that you genuinly enjoy or make u learn cool stuff. That got me down to like 2-3 20-40min videos per day. When there is nothing new in your sub feed you stop using youtube. Any channel that frequently posts shorts gets kicked out of the feed.

    • Sand3rs@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 day ago

      This 100%. Have to get away from the recommendation algorithm. I also use leechblock to block the YouTube site indefinitely on firefox and forces me to use the newpipe app (I am a weak person).

      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        1 day ago

        Whatever works. It all takes some degree of self control but thats just how life is i guess. In the end it forced me to find new things or hobbies or try out that game i bought 2 years ago etc.

        Its very different depending on your lifestyle. If you work and have no after work obligations you need a very different system than people that go to school or university that need to study at home.

  • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyz
    7·
    1 day ago

    Well what I did 3years ago, really cut down my usage of YT:

    I switched to NewPipe. I got angry with tge deterioration of YT and the fact that they hid dislikes made me angry. So, I deleted the yt app and installed NewPipe. Newpipe doesnt support yt accounts, I was too lazy to add my subscription and set the default screen to an empty screen.

    I used to watch yt for around 2hours per day (~mainly memes, but in the further past I used to watch more sciency-stuff) and now I spend around 15minutes per day (~mainly music or tutorials(?), though, lol, I use other apps/platforms more, like lemmy). I think the fact that the period I deleted YT it was a period of various changes, might helped me change my daily yt consumption too.