I’m with you on this one. Although it seems like a slippery slope, I’d like to see some of the alternatives give you the same sort of algorithm (on an opt-in basis of course)

Same. I really like my newpipe, but the sheer amount of unfiltered fuckface influencer bullshit videos 'currently trending' on it's frontpage is more disgusting than any algorithmic youtube bubble will ever be.

I had one warhammer video autoplay and now all of my recomendations and autoplayed videos are warhammer videos. I have no interest in warhammer.

Most Invidious instances allow you to sign up for an account on the instance to subscribe to people and track your history. Alternatively, I use the FreeTube app on computers I control for "watching TV". It can track and transfer your subscriptions and history locally if you choose to use those features.

I still get recommended videos next to watched ones from both services. For those who see that as a negative, I think FreeTube allows you to hide any YouTube elements you don't want to see.

yeah i found it this morning entirely because of the ad block thing (i actually don’t ad block YT because i want to support creators, but i hate that now that’s not a choice, so i'm making the last remaining choice available)