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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"
image_max_width = 600
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.
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:
- 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)
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.
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.
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.
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