True. I feel that not going to the youtube.com frontpage and especially using it without an account helped me escape from this automatism of just watching similar content with little self control. Nowadays, I just follow a few channels via RSS.When all is said and done, this is probably the real solution. YT easily becomes a time vampire. Television 2.0.
Some people tell me that this way, I allegedly miss out on the stuff that I'd have discovered through algorithm suggestions, but if I want someone to suggest me content, I prefer going to public broadcasters. In a lot of countries, those broadcasters are legally required to also cover intellectually stimulating content that isn't necessarily popular or bringing in revenue. So even if I binge that, I feel better about wasting 2 hours on a mini series on an important film director rather than most of the youtube stuff.
I also have much less screen time ever since I ditched youtube and cancelled other streaming services.
Statistics: Posted by canci — 2024-03-24 08:26