Adblock and extension to always play in highest 4k quality. Watch a video logged out and then leave the site. Never watch recommended, don't load more comments, don't vote.
Using Youtube as a video player is the biggest finger to Google because they're losing money hand over fist that way. They make money on ads and interaction. Leaving a comment or voting (even downvoting) keeps other people, some without adblock, on the site to see the value you added.
Everything gets a thumbs down now... on principle. Symbolic
Adblock and extension to always play in highest 4k quality. Watch a video logged out and then leave the site. Never watch recommended, don't load more comments, don't vote.
Using Youtube as a video player is the biggest finger to Google because they're losing money hand over fist that way. They make money on ads and interaction. Leaving a comment or voting (even downvoting) keeps other people, some without adblock, on the site to see the value you added.
These days I just download videos with youtube-dl and watch that way.
Yeah good.
yt-dlp is the most active fork I think, has age-gate bypass.