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.
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.