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+title = "Microdosing Google Youtube"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-08-26T19:24:00+02:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+image_dir = "blog/images"
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+abstract = "How do I break free?"
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+The one aspect of moden which enrages me above all else is the expecation of always being there.
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+It was just a few short years ago, before the plague of iPhone plugged us online 24/7, when I could spent a few hours on the web, and it was enough for me to be considered weird.
+Since I was active on a few message boards and I was one the webmasters for an anime-theme site, I had things to do.
+There was constant arguing over which NGE girl was the best, there were reviews to write.
+But it was fully on/of - I was either _online_ or _offline_.
+
+And this is the way I would like to live my cyberlife again.
+It was much healfier.
+Lain was warning us that _no matter where you go, everyone is connected_ and it seemed so cool.
+15 year old me would run to get a cyber-implant without any hesitation.
+
+But now?
+I don't use Instagram, Tik Tok or whatever is popular now.
+My online life consists of:
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+-   some blogs (which rock)
+-   [Mastodon](https://emacs.ch/@mms) (which I am growing tired of as it proves itself to be nothing more than a better Twtr)
+-   A few, selected news sites (which sadly suck)
+-   Google Youtube (which sucks the worst)
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+Out of those, Youtube has the biggest hold of me.
+I can refresh the homapage a dozen times before finding something mildly interesting (most often not at all), leve it for 10 minutes and then return for another dose of refresh.
+But at the same time, Google Youtube is **the** place where people post interesting things.
+It's just hidden under terabytes of useless crap.
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+I'd love to be able to simply rely on the few channels I subscribe to (I even have them in my RSS reader).
+But the pull of "hey, maybe I will find something interesting now" is too strong.
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+If I'd break my Google Youtube addiction, my relation with the internet would be much healther.
+I may even like it again!
+I just don't want to put out my damn phone in front of my kid.
+YT is the easiest thing to fill 5 mintutes of empty time.
+But it sucks your soul in the process.
+
+So, if you broke your addition, please tell my how.
+I tried screen time (too easy to ignore), packages to block all recomendations for browsers (too easy to disable "just for 5 minutes". Also Tim Apple doesn't like my alternative browser enough), [using RSS only](https://michal.sapka.me/blog/2023/using-rss-to-stop-youtube-homepage-induced-damage/) (too easy to ctrl+t and open the site), [and even using Emacs for YT](https://michal.sapka.me/cool-emacs/watch-youtube/).
+All those were effective for a few days, but none of them stayed with me.
+
+Anyway, here are 7 habbits of very effective people who follow Murakami's schedule for a week and it changed their lives.
+Oh, look! An [2 hour long Ultima III](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFHpuc4yqzk) analysis.