Relatedly, if you turn off watch history on youtube, the entire recommendation algorithm gets disabled. This means you can’t access youtube shorts or recommended videos. Turning off watch history single-handedly fixed my youtube addiction (specifically, I no longer doomscroll on youtube)!
I can second this. I recommend the chrome extension Unhook, which allows you to disable individual parts of YouTube, and Youtube-shorts block, which makes YouTube shorts play like normal videos.
Problem: Binge-watching youtube videos.
Solution: A browser extension that removes the recommended videos sidebar.
This has easily saved me tens of hours of wasted time.
Relatedly, if you turn off watch history on youtube, the entire recommendation algorithm gets disabled. This means you can’t access youtube shorts or recommended videos. Turning off watch history single-handedly fixed my youtube addiction (specifically, I no longer doomscroll on youtube)!
I can second this. I recommend the chrome extension Unhook, which allows you to disable individual parts of YouTube, and Youtube-shorts block, which makes YouTube shorts play like normal videos.