I’m not really in the market for new channels, but occasionally I’ll sub to one when a channel I like refers one. Good channels tend to recommend good channels.
it doesn’t stop showing channels you don’t care about
I just unsub.
gives all channels the same value
I don’t sub to enough channels to matter, just enough to have 1-2 hours of decent content every day, a bit more if there’s a big event or something.
subscription feed prioritizes… more videos
Unsubscribe fixes that.
If my channels were available elsewhere, even if that elsewhere charged a nominal fee, I’d leave YouTube. Imo, most of YouTube is trash, especially the top channels, so I’m really not interested in whatever their algorithm thinks I’ll like. I like medium sized channels that produce high quality content make most of their money from merch and Patreon, not the clickbait nonsense channels that whore themselves out for views and sponsors.
Some favorites:
Gamers Nexus - PC gaming news
Level1Techs - cool IT hardware stuff (mostly prosumer and small scale enterprise)
Not Just Bikes - discussion about transportation infrastructure
Louis Rossmann - right to repair
Tech Ingredients - cool applied science stuff that I could potentially DIY (I never do)
Sci Show - cool science stuff
John Stossel - libertarian short form journalism
Digital Foundry - technical video game analysis
Audit the Audit - high quality police interaction analysis
Each of those are generally high quality and have minimal nonsense (intros/outros, long sponsors, etc).
I’m not really in the market for new channels, but occasionally I’ll sub to one when a channel I like refers one. Good channels tend to recommend good channels.
I just unsub.
I don’t sub to enough channels to matter, just enough to have 1-2 hours of decent content every day, a bit more if there’s a big event or something.
Unsubscribe fixes that.
If my channels were available elsewhere, even if that elsewhere charged a nominal fee, I’d leave YouTube. Imo, most of YouTube is trash, especially the top channels, so I’m really not interested in whatever their algorithm thinks I’ll like. I like medium sized channels that produce high quality content make most of their money from merch and Patreon, not the clickbait nonsense channels that whore themselves out for views and sponsors.
Some favorites:
Each of those are generally high quality and have minimal nonsense (intros/outros, long sponsors, etc).