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Unsubscribed from all clickbait YouTube channels and mental health has improved ๐Ÿ˜Œ

Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial] June 29, 2026
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I experimented with FreeTube, LibreTube, NewPipe, Invidious accounts, DFtube (Firefox extension). I like the local subscription model as opposed to a YT account, and alternative frontends to filter out the clickbait and unnecessary recommendations. But I found that still I ended up wasting too much time on YT. I just got rid of subscriptions completely. I figure if a channel is important enough for me, I will remember about it and look it up when I want to do that. Then I use one of those alternatives frontends/extensions when I do want to access YT. Same with RSS, I like the model but ultimately it turns into a list of stuff I feel compelled to review and/or a distraction.

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