I don't click on related videos, and have a bookmark straight to my subscriptions, but even still I get caught on YouTube for too long. My subscriptions produce almost daily content, and whilst I find it valuable, it's also just far too much content to consume in a day and still be productive, so I can get stuck on it.
So I blocked it entirely. It's just another casualty in my continued attempt to rid myself of feed content, and things that help me procrastinate in ways I no longer consider a good use of my time.
(HN is on a short leash too, but it's one of the few online communities I stick around in, and it's not mindless so I tend not to procrastinate on it for too long. I get tired of reading pretty quickly when procrastinating, whereas I can absorb YouTube mindlessly for hours)
So I blocked it entirely. It's just another casualty in my continued attempt to rid myself of feed content, and things that help me procrastinate in ways I no longer consider a good use of my time.
(HN is on a short leash too, but it's one of the few online communities I stick around in, and it's not mindless so I tend not to procrastinate on it for too long. I get tired of reading pretty quickly when procrastinating, whereas I can absorb YouTube mindlessly for hours)