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Original title: No, Seriously. Youtube’s New Algorithm Just Changed Everything

Just FYI not sure about the creator but other creators are saying some similar things across the board.

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[–] hackathy@aussie.zone 15 points 4 days ago

The description just screams "yikes":

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Yikes.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For a while I stayed watching a lot of shorts even though I don't like them much. It's just so easy to get sucked in... But some weeks ago I found NouTube which is basically a Web version that blocks ads and sorts. It's like the good old days. YouTube suddenly feels so interesting again. Shorts have cannibalized long format videos.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago

Give FreeTube a try.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am the kind of person who wants the content of channels I subscribed to 95% of the time.

I was annoyed with bs all the time. Self hosting Invidious solved it for me.

No shorts, no ads, no home area deaigned by Google, no cookie banner, no forcing to log in, just a clean UI...

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Just not the content

I don't go to YouTube for its shitty UI or algorithm,or ads... I go there for the content that I want to wath

[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Oh, now combine the learnings from that video, with this video;

https://youtu.be/tdIUMkXxtHg

On how short form content aparrently rots your brain more than long form. Fun new direction we're heading.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Yeah, things have been in steady decline for the past few months 😞

[–] billbasher@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

And the increasing ads. They’re almost unbearable. Anyone know how to block them on mobile?

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Instal the FDroid software shop.

Search "Newpipe" or "Tubular".

Install one of the above.

Remove the regular YT client from your phone.

Done.

[–] billbasher@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I should have specified iPhone sorry

Edit: Tube PIP seems to work fine on iPhone

[–] twix@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago

I use AdGuard on iOS, but I expect uBlock to also work (for the web version of yt).

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Share that newly gained knowledge and enjoy your ad free experience.

[–] Baizey@feddit.dk 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Disable YouTube app (to stop all YouTube links to open the app) + Firefox with ublock origin works pretty well

[–] Yossarian@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

I use revanced

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

I use Grayjay, it works pretty well and has a clean UI.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

This is so ripe fordisruption by an alternative

[–] nocteb@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

Anoying people with Adblockers and fucking up the experience in Firefox does not help either.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

YouTube changes their algorithm every few weeks and some subset of creators freak out about it. This has literally been going on since monetization began.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

What I HATE is when I type a simple question in Google and the return is 15-30 minute videos of some guy mumbling and doing it wrong.