This is a key reason behind my discomfort with social media. The algorithms that seem unresponsive to clear signals of intent was the last straw. Ended up leaving YouTube over the incessant push to new channels and ragebait shit.
Anyway, lemmy might be a cesspit at times, but its a cesspit I can choose/not choose, to engage with, and thats some nice anti-monopolisation of my online experience in the design.
I like NewPipe for this reason.
My feed is what I’ve subscribed to and only what I subscribed to.
I’ve been having issues with NewPipe. After the second or third video YouTube stopped allowing my device from accessing YouTube through NewPipe. No RSS, no videos.
Sometimes Youtube pushes changes that break NewPipe. Usually the NewPipe devs take 1-2 days to sort these changes out
I switched to PipePipe. Works well
I did that too after having to reset my phone with newpipe crashing over and over…got no choice…now I only use pipe and I’m Happy with it
Pipepipe lets you block channels too which is so useful for results that tend to over represent larger youtubers you may have no interest in on the initial results.
Will do. Thanks for the suggestion.
Try grayjay
(not the play store version)
I’ll try this too. Thank you.