[LockAndLol]

I have found youtube to have become actually the opposite of addictive: annoying. The recommendations are always the same unrelated, popular garbage. Back in the day the videos were actually from different, related channels.

The front-page seems to be filled with fake-news and videos containing unnecessary jump cuts to keep the the attention of hyperactive 8-20 years olds, that can't concentrate for longer than 5 seconds.

You approach however is the same that I use to ween myself off things that I notice take up too much of my time. It is quite effective indeed.

[climb_stealth]

It is a lot better when you have an account and are logged in. It matches my interests quite well. Though it is quite scary to see the amount of crap there is when you open youtube without being logged in.