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The people managing youtube and similar services are doing lots of harm to humanity. Not sure if more than those who push drugs or cigarettes, but in the same league for sure. An entire generation of kids is growing up that can't read a book or do anything that requires focus and attention.

I think its only a matter of time where legislation, lawsuits and fines will follow.

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> I think its only a matter of time where legislation, lawsuits and fines will follow.

That depends where you are. In the US and anywhere where it can exert political force that won't happen. The US administration acts as a de facto lobbying arm for big tech giants like Google, and any attempt to regulate is met with threats of embargo.

Agree with everything else.

>Not sure if more than those who push drugs or cigarettes, but in the same league for sure. An entire generation of kids is growing up that can't read a book or do anything that requires focus and attention.

Parents/ guardians.

Yes, but also legislation. Same as with drugs, alcohol or cigarettes - it does not make it impossible for kids to get access, but it makes it impossible for large companies to make selling that to kids a business model.

Just yesterday my wife was asking me if there is a way she can disable YouTube Shorts on the YouTube iOS app. I was surprised to learn there is no (simple) way!

Someone here explained that disabling history saving feature also kills the toxic youtube recommendation page (while leaving shorts under 'subscriptions' -- but only for subscribed-to channels). Applied it yesterday and it made my youtube experience much better.

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