So i watch youtube a lot and i am now using invidious, i can subscribe to all my previous channels but what i am missing a lot is the recommendation algorithm, like it would show me different videos based on my interests etc and finding new content would be easy.

But this would also mean my data would be sold to companies.

Is there something similar for these youtube frontends which can recommend me stuff without sacrificing my privacy?

  • yessikg@lemmy.filmEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Youtube’s search algorithm used to be great and you could just search a topic and get good results, now it is hot garbage just like the recommendation algorithm. So just subscribe to more people?

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.oneEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I wish there were a way to filter out monetized content. Sometimes I just want to watch some absolute rando raving about things from a shitty phone camera.

      • NightOwl@lemmy.oneEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Block tube extension has been great. I found that I didn’t need to block that many channels to start having content show up that isn’t from the big YouTube channels. For example tech and game searches heavily promote big channels and dominate the first several pages of search results, and suppress little ones. But, then block some of them, and suddenly it’s more of the regular small YouTube channels over the YouTube as a business channels.