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If you disable watch history in Youtube it conveniently disables all front page suggestions and you can also disable autoplay: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/8/23824672/youtube-blank-hom...

Unhooked is an extension that lets you disable many other features on YouTube.

I'm sure that the majority of people watch YouTube on a phone where that extension doesn't work, so it's not that useful.

My pattern of YouTube watching:

1. On my laptop, 99% searching for specific videos like tutorials/reviews of something. Almost never looking for entertainment.

2. On my phone, 80% looking for entertainment + a few reviews

i just use newpipe. seems to work grand

I use YouTube in the browser on my phone. On Android I could use unhooked. I haven't looked for a replacement for iOS.

I'd suggest you to use firefox on your phone. you can install many extensions there. then you could use an android debloater app to remove chrome completely from your phone

I quite like being able to dig through my watch history

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