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

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I stopped watching YouTube on YouTube since I found out about FreeTube and NewPipe + Brave mobile. My subscriptions are on my RSS reader now and I turn off shorts and recommended videos. When FreeTube or NewPipe stops working, Iā€™ll go on YouTube on Brave or Mullvad until thereā€™s an update.

Some creators I follow do make content that caters to the algorithm, but I donā€™t think thatā€™s the same as clickbait. I follow creators I watch regularly and unsubscribe from creators if I havenā€™t watched any of their content in over 6 months. You can pretty much tell when creators are making clickbait or ragebait content because their videos are frequently recommended on YouTube to maximise engagement. I do manual searches for new creators I want to follow to avoid these types of creators.

It has improved my mental health significantly as I feel more in control over the content I watch and Iā€™m not on the platform for longer than I wanted to. And if I find myself watching too much YouTube, I just clear my RSS feed to stop myself from watching more content. Iā€™m still trying to find strategies that can further reduce my watch time (e.g. watching gaming-related content today, tech-related content tomorrow, etc.), but overall, Iā€™m happy with my current strategy.

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Would you mind sharing the channel?

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Odysee has surprisingly good amount of good creators when I checked it out.

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Their app also started to get regular updates on F-Driod.

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What exactly did you purge? Itā€™s not really clear to me.

Edit: What i mean is, which algorithmic niches did you follow?