One thing I can certainly recommend is using the subscription page instead of the home page.
The algorithm is certainly the cause of the addiction, and minimizing it certainly will help.
I personally use Libretube, which just fetches a list of your subscriptions stored locally or on the piped instance you use, and it will save you time by blocking ads and sponsorship segments(it auto skips, the extension is called sponsor block on the desktop)
The algorithm is certainly the cause of the addiction, and minimizing it certainly will help.
I personally use Libretube, which just fetches a list of your subscriptions stored locally or on the piped instance you use, and it will save you time by blocking ads and sponsorship segments(it auto skips, the extension is called sponsor block on the desktop)
Libretube and newpipe are android only, if you're on iOS you may use this https://github.com/yattee/yattee
Or a PWA of piped/invidious