YouTube used to be great early on. Lots of interesting people posting about interesting or genuinely funny stuff. These days it's just a bunch of influencers trying to sell you crap. They've turned YouTube into yet another marketing platform. Fuck them. I can't actually remember the last time I watched anything on YouTube anyway. It's not worth coming back to in the first place anyway.
You and a few others have made very similar statements.
I seem to always find something to watch on YouTube....but then again, I'm generally searching for specific subjects, or looking through subscriptions from people that speak to my specific subjects...examples being photography, cooking (specific styles or ethnic foods).
Anyway, the algo seems to have pretty accurately figured my interests and if I'm wanting to be passive in my looking for content, well, it seems to accurately suggest videos that are in my interests.
I dunno that I've ever seen a true "influencer" as many have stated.
How do you watch YouTube...is it only passive scrolling, or do you usually search for specific topics/subjects?