Youtube is getting problematic. I write this as someone
who basically has some videos running in the background
all the time, mostly just DJ music in the background.
First, searching for videos sucks. Yes, the first few
results can be useful, then more and more crap shows up.
This just wastes my time. But, more importantly - more and
more AI videos means I am being bombarded with more time
wasters. I have about zero interest in AI videos; I am not
saying 100% of it is crap, but I am getting more and more
tired wasting any time in this regard here. Then the addiction
by Google to have us watch ads - they killed ublock origin too
on chrome. Even aside from this, I am noticing a drop of quality
lately; many of the channels seem much more boring. I guess
this kind of fatigue kicks in over time in general, but it seems
to me as if some youtube "content creators" are running out of
real ideas. They seem to be desperately addicted to "get the
likes" and "get subscribers". I stopped being logged in to youtube
years ago already and I also, oddly enough, want to completely
decouple myself from Google too (too much Evil in this company
now) - youtube is unfortunately something I still need and use
right now, but many things suck more and more. Also that "swipe
shorts down" - that activity is IMO a mental problem. After some
30 swipe downs, I ask myself why I am doing this. Google tries
to want to commit me to this swipe action. It is like psychological
manipulation. Click click drag drag click click click.
First, searching for videos sucks. Yes, the first few results can be useful, then more and more crap shows up. This just wastes my time. But, more importantly - more and more AI videos means I am being bombarded with more time wasters. I have about zero interest in AI videos; I am not saying 100% of it is crap, but I am getting more and more tired wasting any time in this regard here. Then the addiction by Google to have us watch ads - they killed ublock origin too on chrome. Even aside from this, I am noticing a drop of quality lately; many of the channels seem much more boring. I guess this kind of fatigue kicks in over time in general, but it seems to me as if some youtube "content creators" are running out of real ideas. They seem to be desperately addicted to "get the likes" and "get subscribers". I stopped being logged in to youtube years ago already and I also, oddly enough, want to completely decouple myself from Google too (too much Evil in this company now) - youtube is unfortunately something I still need and use right now, but many things suck more and more. Also that "swipe shorts down" - that activity is IMO a mental problem. After some 30 swipe downs, I ask myself why I am doing this. Google tries to want to commit me to this swipe action. It is like psychological manipulation. Click click drag drag click click click.