YouTube Focus is an add-on who tries to promote a healthier browsing at youtube.com. YouTube has one billion hours whatched daily, and it’s recommendation algorithm generates more than 70% of views. That means 700.000.000 hours every single day. What means that the greatest slice of time that people spend on YouTube isnt because they searched for something to whatch or something to learn, it is because they were sugested by YouTube's algorithm.
Algorithm's operation is secret, but some researshers, like Gillaume Chaslot, are claiming that the Youtube's alorithm drives people to divisive content and promotes conspirancy theory videos.
Open Mozilla Firefox's browser. Press '''Control + shift + A''' to open the add-ons' section. Type "Youtube Focus" at the search box to find the add-on. Now it's just to click "install".
Once the add-on is installed, you can click in the button at the top-left corner of your browser. So, you can choose the way you want to deal with the Youtube's recommendations.
- Disable the recommended videos at the home page.
- just allow three suggested videos at the "up next list".
- Disable all the recommendations. Daring you to enable your brain.
- Enable the recommendations whenever you want.
A special thanks to Andrei Costa who made this add-on possible!