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I quit YouTube consuming (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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At my 20s I just realised how useless YouTube is for me... Only few comedy channels actually gave me anything in return of my time.

I used YouTube for so long mainly with NewPipe client which has become unstable for me. And I no longer feel like dedicating a browser or using invidious to consume it.

I mainly watched tech and comedy channels and podcasts. I do continue listening some podcasts via RSS... Most channels are just advertisements and memes like waste of time...

This post is about how youtube as a platform in just about every way is bad and how I wish I could get the time spent back.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 years ago

I'm not sure how much time you've spent on using YouTube and I'm in no way a big fan of YouTube, but please do not be too hard on yourself on wishing your time back.

As for me, I'm still using YouTube via NewPipe as well, being subscribed to about 8 channels or so, which upload on average once per week. For me watching these videos is relaxing and as long as you don't spend too much time using it and as long as it does not get in the way of more important things in your life, you shouldn't be too hard on yourself on having wasted time. Humans simply need some time to relax and you can't expect yourself to be productive as long as you're awake.

Nevertheless, I'd wish that the content creators I followed were on other platforms, preferable libre and not controlled by a giant company, such as PeerTube, but sadly there aren't any monetary or other incentives for them to do so.