I noticed my consumption has decased quite a bit. I would visit regularly to watch content from few channels. I would probably still visit every so often to watch the new videos. But the experience has become more deliberate and conscious. I go to YouTube because I want to go and watch something specific. Mindlessly browsing and watching additional content is harder.

This is good progress from Google to get off their platform :)

  • Nalivai
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    It will start giving you recommendations for popular shorts. And that shit is cancer, let me tell you

    • trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Jeezus, that almost seems evil. “Give us your data or we’ll clog your front page with the click baitiest, cancer inducing content we have”.

      • Nalivai
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Well, if we look at that with their logic, showing the popular shit makes sense, because it’s, well, popular, safe choice. The problem is, and they either ignore it or encourage it, that the algorithm promotes the most terrible things because the metrics is engaging and hate is as engaging, if not more, as other forms, and produces strong reactions.