I think what it pushes on me is bad, but then occasionally I look at it with a fresh account or an account I never use. The suggestions it gives for new accounts is awful. Mostly it's just absolute brain rot content. It's stuff that makes "Ow My Balls!" look thoughtful.

Even if I'm not interested in 95% of what the YouTube algorithm suggests, at least with my actual account it tends not to suggest things that are actually offensive to me.

It seems to me like there's a lot of "engagement bait" in the suggestions it gives. Sometimes that's good, in that it's stuff you'll engage with because you actually find it interesting. Other times it's stuff that keeps you engaged because it makes you angry or something. It doesn't distinguish between "You'll love this video!" and "You'll hate this video, but you'll watch the whole thing!"

But, I don't think we can discount that a lot of people who watch YouTube are absolute idiots who have 2 living brain cells remaining. Any time your feed gets a suggestion based on what other people are engaging with, it's inevitably going to be terrible.