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I watched YouTube ads.
When they got to be too much I stopped watching.
Then I added uBlock Origin and NoScript (even on YouTube I block some scripts) and went back to watching.
When bazillions of content creators started over-creating content just for revenue, and not to provide value, I started watching less and less.
Now content creators are producing even more garbage via AI, and now I only watch a very few real-world content creators and videos more than 2 years old. Everything else I watch on other sites. If a content creator also posts to other sites, I watch them there and not on YT.
What other sites can you recommend?
Nebula has some of the best educational content, especially ever since Tom Scott went on to other things. There are definitely some weird ones on there, as well as a couple which I'm convinced are right-wing shills, but by and large many of the best edutainment channels have collected over there, especially if you're into writing/world building. HAI/Wendover, Minutephysics, legaleagle, extracredits, nilered, and hellofutureme are the big ones I'm aware of that are also popular on YouTube which publish their videos over on Nebula. It's well worth it to know that you're supporting them more directly, and no ads.
Also, dropout (nee collegehumor) is worth it.