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Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by i_like_apis »

swang wrote: post #87
i_like_apis wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There should be more of a market for durable clothes. Or a cultural movement. It needs a hip name or something to latch on to like "durabalism" to go along with a hipster's sense of minimalism or nostalgia. Good denim can last years and degrades stylishly. It's really too bad that there's a $825 Billion apparel industry that thrives on fads and replaceable goods.

the reddit group for this about items in general and it is called, buy it for life. not exactly a market but just a subreddit for stuff that lasts longer. https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/

It's a great community and idea. I wish by some miracle it became mainstream.

On the topic of YouTube tunnels ... tool/appliance restoration videos are pretty cool. There's a ton of them too.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by frosted-flakes »

b0afc375b5 wrote: post #79
sillysaurusx wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sort of off topic, but which belt did you buy? The idea that the belt will last the rest of my life appeals to me.

If you like the idea of buying things for life, check out https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/

That subreddit has mostly turned into people showing off their grandma's frying pan or grandpa's old Thermos. At least, it was the last time I read it and decided it was no longer worth reading because actual product recommendations were few and far between.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by prawn »

rsj_hn wrote: post #22
thepasswordis wrote: post #19

I honestly just wish the recommendations were better . I watched an interview that Curtis Yarvin gave on Tucker Carlson (about an hour long...interesting at least). Now youtube is sending me all these conservative "talk show" people that I have absolutely 0 interest in. Same thing: I think I watched some video about guns a while ago. I think guns are neat, but I absolutely do not care about watching dozens of videos…

I was looking to buy a leather belt about 6 months ago. I found the belt and bought it (am very happy, thank you). Now it appears for the rest of my life I will be getting leather belt advertisements. On Facebook, Youtube, Google, everywhere. The whole reason why I wanted a quality belt was so that it would last me the rest of my life if cared for properly. I intend to never buy another. And what's worse is that it's…

Another problem is that quality items generally spread by word of mouth, and don't need to advertise as much. So, as an example, I am interested in camping and hiking gear, but the best brands aren't as desperate to advertise, so I get endless ads instead for cheap gadgets or unproven inventions that might work once and then fall apart. Recently spent $600 on two camera bags that I hadn't seen advertised but knew the brand, but had seen ads for many cheap $50 bags instead.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by wrycoder »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #75
rsj_hn wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was looking to buy a leather belt about 6 months ago. I found the belt and bought it (am very happy, thank you). Now it appears for the rest of my life I will be getting leather belt advertisements. On Facebook, Youtube, Google, everywhere. The whole reason why I wanted a quality belt was so that it would last me the rest of my life if cared for properly. I intend to never buy another. And what's worse is that it's…

Sort of off topic, but which belt did you buy? The idea that the belt will last the rest of my life appeals to me.

I have a heavy leather belt with a brass navy buckle that I bought in the Harvard Square leather shop 60 years ago. I’ve pretty much worn it every day of my life.

Every decade or so it needs a new strap. For a while, I was able to have one made by a young man at a leather shop in Camden ME - the old shop having disappeared from Harvard Square with the 70s.

Finally, the now old man in Camden retired and passed the business on to his son. The son doesn’t know how to work leather - he just brings in finished goods from offshore.

The current method is to find a belt in Camden that is sufficiently heavy and has a removable buckle. Throw away the trashy buckle and snap in my old one.

I’ve probably got one more strap in me.

You might find a suitable buckle at an Army-Navy store. If there still is such a place.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by schleck8 »

I've been using this myself for a month and it definitely cut down on the time I spent on Youtube.

You have fine grain control over what gets hidden, including comments, suggested videos, the frontpage, playlist, infocards and so on.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

perihelions wrote: post #16

Related, uBlock fliters are very effective on Twitter. All of the recommendation sections are easy to select and toggle, https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%23%23%20twitter%20ublock&type... ("## twitter ublock") https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/of5z86/cleany... edit: And here's the YouTube version of that HN query -- there are several suggested ways to block YouTube Recommendations, https://hn.algolia.com/?q…

Also if you're using android, Youtube app can be replaced with NewPipe(FOSS) by exporting the YT subscription list to it[1].

No ads, No notification pollution & recommendations require manual action(Separate tab).

[1] https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/import-export-data/

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by e3bc54b2 »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #97
perihelions wrote: post #16

Related, uBlock fliters are very effective on Twitter. All of the recommendation sections are easy to select and toggle, https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%23%23%20twitter%20ublock&type... ("## twitter ublock") https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/of5z86/cleany... edit: And here's the YouTube version of that HN query -- there are several suggested ways to block YouTube Recommendations, https://hn.algolia.com/?q…

Also if you're using android, Youtube app can be replaced with NewPipe(FOSS) by exporting the YT subscription list to it[1]. No ads, No notification pollution & recommendations require manual action(Separate tab). [1] https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/import-export-data/

As a bonus tip, you can simply remove the recommendation/trending tab from main view. I did, and now all I see when I open NewPipe is my subscriptions. Since I don't subscribe to many channels (highest frequency channel is twice a week) , my YT consumption is down to couple hours per week of explicitly channels that I want to watch. This view also let's me see easily if any subscription is generating more content than I'd like (quality a quantity ratio is universally constant), so it automatically limits oversubscription too.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by Proven »

kbenson wrote: post #9

Honestly, that's where I get some of the most use out of YouTube, the recommended videos main page. Sometimes I'm annoyed they aren't showing me enough variation based on my subscriptions and past likes. I'm not sure why I'd want this. Sometimes I'm watching a technical presentation/talk by someone and I'll get other talks of theirs on the recommended videos for that video page, which is useful, or followup videos on…

I don't want to discover anything

I don't want to spend more time on YT than necessary to see the video I want to see

I don't want to teach their recommendations system

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by PikachuEXE »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #97
perihelions wrote: post #16

Related, uBlock fliters are very effective on Twitter. All of the recommendation sections are easy to select and toggle, https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%23%23%20twitter%20ublock&type... ("## twitter ublock") https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/of5z86/cleany... edit: And here's the YouTube version of that HN query -- there are several suggested ways to block YouTube Recommendations, https://hn.algolia.com/?q…

Also if you're using android, Youtube app can be replaced with NewPipe(FOSS) by exporting the YT subscription list to it[1]. No ads, No notification pollution & recommendations require manual action(Separate tab). [1] https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/import-export-data/

I use Windows/MacOS mainly for watch Youtube and I use FreeTube(https://freetubeapp.io) to replace YT website.

However if you want to use it please avoid 0.14.0 since the upgrade to electron 14 was done poorly :S.

Use 0.13.x instead (latest 0.13: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.13.2...)

0.15.0 should be released in a week or two (I become part of dev team since I want a "create new window button")

Or you can use nightly build @ https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/actions/workflows/bu... (mostly stable just imperfect)

The electron upgrade is reverted and would be redone after 0.15.0 released. (https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/pull/1763 / https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/pull/1764)

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