Comment by physicles
3 months ago
Nope, on principle. I’ve tried to make YouTube as “healthy” as possible — disable shorts, disable watch history, only watch subscribed channels — and I’m still not convinced it’s a net positive in my life.
The trick is finding something else to replace it during that time at the end of the day when I don’t feel like I have the mental energy for anything else.
did you try https://ytch.xyz/ ? It even has its own HN submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41247023
Fascinating! Definitely get the old school TV vibe when I'm watching it. I'm curious whether I'd find it more or less addictive/mindless than actual YouTube.