That's basically the state of everything. 

Here's 3-5 results,  and a bunch of brainwashing we want you to watch.... 

 But the UX is great because "normies" don't know how to type search queries and prefer to be fed engaging content.

That's the kind of thing people say we should do on Nostr all the time "if you want to attract normies". 

 Right, but with nostr we have a chance to do it right, and actually recommend similar content to user searches, opposed to force feed them whatever group thinking is most popular at that point in time. 

 "this time is different" 

 "The road to hell was paved with good intentions" 

 YouTube recommends me content that is "similar" to what I searched, it's just not what I was searching for at all and doesn't even have the search terms. 

 “Here’s some things our algorithm thinks will get you addicted to”
 

 And yet the amazing algorithm just keeps suggesting me the same things I have already watched over and over, or at best some other random video from a channel I watch a lot. Very good job, they probably have a multi-million dollar AI department but the results are indistinguishable from what a 5-line Python script could do. 

 Download Unhook extension. You can disable recommendations there  

 But I still don't get the search results I wanted, right? 

 Somewhat. Its not like it was 5yrs ago but it's miles better than seeing the "new on your network"/"vids you might like" that are undeniably unrelated 

 Invidious - on localhost 

 Gm fiatjaf 

 That’s called prebunking 

 I don't think that was it in this case. I think it is more like shit crap instead. 

 You are not wrong. YouTube search is totally unusable now (along with all of the search engines as well) 

 Mine alternates between blocks of search results and “recommended / viewers also watched” videos. They must be testing a new layout on you! (Or me!) 

 You're not wrong. YouTube search isn't good anymore. 

 They are also injecting propagandistic videos with <400 views into my recommendations because it's "pride month" 

 i only use yt for music videos so the worst i get is like dreamstate logic or something 

 Don't forget the AI crypto scams
 

 I get much more accurate results by using Google to search with the "video" filter engaged...

https://m.primal.net/Iknz.jpg 
 

 Yea it's completely useless now, it used to show accurate results even if it had like 2 views 

 https://docs.invidious.io/instances/ 

 I love YouTube.. I don't even need to search anymore .. seriously..it knows what I should be watching at this time of the day ....or night ..  clever ..isn't it ?  

 I refuse to believe there are only two results for how to skim foam from jam. No way. And now they play me three minute adverts after every song on music player. Bastards 

 For sure, that's why I switched to using invidious 

https://yewtu.be/ 

 YT search algo has been incredibly awful since we entered 2024. 

 Just install Unhook to clean up your YouTube discovery. 

 On the mobile app you have to pull down on the search results and then select the “Videos” tab. Not sure on the web but probably something similar. 

https://image.nostr.build/933ac99cbaacbbd37f55cc4c853d5e9e92a902faf67ed6151c2d0d2c17c4a005.jpg 

 https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist

Your self hosted YouTube media server