Highly ironic for me this is the case as I've embraced (state) TV instead of YouTube.

Mainly because it's gotten so awful in the last few years:

- aggressive ads for everything

- content creators has gotten worse over time (doing abhorrent things, fermenting cult like audiences)

- ragebait/political content is so damn popular and common it sneaks into recommendations despite me not watching it

- Ai is everywhere

- general fatigue with how predictable the content is even with interesting topics