• n0m4n@lemmy.world
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    I quit YouTube because the ads were overwhelming, and quality content is so rare.

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      There is a ton of quality content, I watch 3 hours a day and can’t make a dent on my “watch later” queue.

      News, popular science, hobbies, humor, tech…

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        How do you find it, all I seem to get is trash and if I have to hear the phrase “like and subscribe” one more time I’ll scream?

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          Ironically that is how you get better content. If you don’t engage and let the algorithm find you content, you’re going to get generic crap. Unfortunately. You can use logged-in Youtube to find stuff and NewPipe to watch it.

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            I have to agree with this. As much as we all hate the algorithm because it’s what brings us those thumbnails and annoying begging from creators it actually works. It just takes time to find some good people. Though I wouldn’t mind a post on lemmy with everyone sharing their favorites.

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              Brain

              Steve Mould, Smarter Every Day, Real Engineering, Vsauce, NightHawkInLight, NileRed, How to Make Everything

              Food

              Joshua Weissman, Guga Foods, Sous Vide Everything, Andy Cooks, Uncle Haji’s Kitchen, Tasting History with Max Miller, Babish Culinary Universe, Yueng Man Cooking

              Chill

              Serpa Design, MD Fish Tanks, Ben’s Worx, NileBlue, ClickSpring, The Samurai Carpenter, Kris Harbour, Just Alex, Ly Thi Ca, Hoàng Huong, Primitive Skills (these last 3 are silent channels from Vietnam. I’ve linked them since these are hard to search for in a sea of that type of content)

              Entertainment

              mrnigelng, Will Stelter, Thack Ironworks, shurap, Frog Leap Studios, Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon, look mum no computer

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              Friendlyjordies (main and podcast), Hello Future Me, Louis Rossman, Tom Nicholas, Abroad in Japan, Crunchycat, James Tullos, stephen tries, sidemen, rachel and jun, jun’s kitchen, healthygamergg are a bunch off my watch later list.

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              Well I for one love Both Hank and John Green, Smarter Everyday, Lock Picking Lawyer, Nilered, Jdraper, Kyle Hill, Electroboom, Project Farm, Dr Gloucomflecken, Casual Geographic, Villain Support, Tested, Tom Scott, Frog Leap Studios, Natural Habitat Shorts, Oxventure, Kerzgeszagt, and Glen and Friends Cooking to name a few.

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                Not sure why people are downvoting you, fuck them. I love several of those channels. Especially “in a nutshell”.

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                  1 year ago

                  I said something somewhere that pissed off someone who’s probably got more than one account. No worries.

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          There’s been like 3 Spiritbox music videos released this week alone!

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          what are you interested in? everytime I dip my toe into a new interest I’m always blown away by the sheer volume and quality available on YouTube. right now I’m using it to supplement duolingo to help learn a new language, something I never tried before

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        Watching YouTube 3 hours a day seems really unhealthy. Not judging, just pointing out.

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          If you watch the news and one movie you also reach 3 hours.

          I watch 30 min in the morning while getting ready (usually late night shows from the previous day - mostly listening), 30 minutes to an hour during lunch (LTT, MKBHD, other tech channels or maybe a car review) and a longer session in the evening when the kids are in bed (documentaries or chess tutorials, or programming content, or something longer/more in depth where I can dedicate my full attention).

          I don’t find it really unhealthy, works for me.

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          People watching TV is also un healthy. Going outside your home is also unhealthy XD

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      There’s tons of old movies and TV shows on YouTube. That alone is hours of content worth watching if you can block the ads.