I still find videos I like on YouTube from the people I subscribe to, and I've also noticed that YouTube sometimes shows me interesting videos for new or smaller creators, but that second one is very hit or miss.
What really got me using YouTube less was using uBlock to zap the shorts feeds. That alone improved my experience by orders of magnitude, along with disabling (not deleting, unfortunately) YouTube on my phone.
What really got me using YouTube less was using uBlock to zap the shorts feeds. That alone improved my experience by orders of magnitude, along with disabling (not deleting, unfortunately) YouTube on my phone.