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peepee1982 on Feb 2, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to make YouTube less distracting

I've blocked myself out of YouTube with ColdTurkey. If I want to watch a video, I have to find it on Google Search, copy the link, paste the link into a website that generates a link to an embedded Video, and watch it there.

Clumsy as it gets, but that's how I like it. I can still watch stuff if I really want, but there are almost no recommendations and it's so cumbersome that I won't overdo it.

I've tried total abstinence. It wasn't sustainable for me, sadly.

dredmorbius on Feb 3, 2023 | [–]

Tools such as mpv (command-line) or VLC (GUI) will play video and multimedia from numerous sites, including YouTube, when provided a URL.

You can also play audio-only, which for many largely spoken videos is far more than sufficient.

jnpnj on Feb 2, 2023 | [–]

We should have 56k ISP for health benefits :)

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