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Articles on YouTube focus
Subscriptions, Shorts, the algorithm, and how to take YouTube back. Written for the power-users who want the platform without the noise.
- · 5 min read · youtube-custom-feeds · youtube-subscriptions
YouTube Custom Feeds vs Subscriptions: What Each Feed Is For
Understand YouTube Home, Subscriptions and the new Custom Feeds experiment, including rollout limits and when a chosen-channel workspace helps.
- · 5 min read · youtube-shorts · subscription-feed · youtube-algorithm
Why YouTube Shorts ruined your subscription feed (and how to fix it)
Shorts can clutter the recent-first YouTube Subscriptions tab. Compare ways to limit recommendations and filter likely Shorts in a separate feed.
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In-depth guides
- YouTube without the algorithm — manifesto for bypassing the YouTube algorithm entirely.
- Distraction-free YouTube — complete guide mapping distractions to tools.
- How to block YouTube Shorts — six methods compared.
- How to organize YouTube subscriptions — five methods to group channels by topic.
- Alternative to the YouTube subscription feed — rebuild a chronological subscription feed.
- YouTube Watch Later alternative — save videos with notes via Studies.
- Save YouTube videos with notes — five tools compared.
- PocketTube alternative — Feedvault vs PocketTube.
- Unhook alternative — Feedvault vs Unhook.