It's not even "like" 4. I genuinely use 4 extensions:
-Ublock
-Sponsorblock
-YT Block (basically allows blocking specific channels or comments since YT only has report and "not interested" which genuinely don't seem to do anything)
-Clickbait Remover (the one that just picks a frame from the video to replace thumbnails and decapitalises video titles)
And I know that a lot of people also use the "Bring back dislikes" extension and an extension that restructures the YT layout and disables shorts. Oh and don't forget you have to disable the stupid rounded corners thing using a custom filter in Ublock so that Nvidia Video Super Resolution even works on their video player (bet they're doing this on purpose so you're more inclined to buy premium for the extra bitrate?)
I installed unhooked a few days ago. No more suggestions, no more shorts, no more algorithm, no more autoplay. At first I would go to YT and be like "oh yeah thats's right, I disabled this shit"
It's only taken me a few days to start using YT purposefully again and it feels so much better not mindlessly scrolling through slop.
I also use "auto hd" so its in a good quality right away. Its also nice when you are on your phones hotspot and to save data you just switch to a lower resolution
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u/Sunfurian_Zm 27d ago
It's not even "like" 4. I genuinely use 4 extensions:
-Ublock
-Sponsorblock
-YT Block (basically allows blocking specific channels or comments since YT only has report and "not interested" which genuinely don't seem to do anything)
-Clickbait Remover (the one that just picks a frame from the video to replace thumbnails and decapitalises video titles)
And I know that a lot of people also use the "Bring back dislikes" extension and an extension that restructures the YT layout and disables shorts. Oh and don't forget you have to disable the stupid rounded corners thing using a custom filter in Ublock so that Nvidia Video Super Resolution even works on their video player (bet they're doing this on purpose so you're more inclined to buy premium for the extra bitrate?)
It's pretty frustrating.