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Isn't this basically the same as only using your subscription page, and not the main youtube startpage?

Close, but not quite the same, since I don't even need a YT account or subscription page.

My official YT subscriptions are now just a subset, mostly as a mechanism to give small channels a little algorithm boost.

Similarly, I use Ublock Origin to remove basically every element of the site except the search bar, subscriptions and the video player itself.

There's also some YouTube-specific extensions like SponsorBlock and DeArrow [1] which specialize in removing distractions from YouTube content - not just the UI.

[1]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/ ; https://dearrow.ajay.app/

Did not know this! Going to be checking this out, thank you.