>>1200355i increasingly forget that cable tv still exists
youtube can't really be casually navigated like it could in the past -- it's more of a rpg-style experience for me where im fighting off various enemies (search suggestions, advertisements not blocked by ublock origin/video suggestions, social media elements, intrusive ui, darkpattern ui design elements, etc.) while trying to find artificats (videos) and to complete a quest
most of the time i would prefer to just casually watch videos, however. but i would rather not deal with the inevitable stress of psychological manipulation so i don't