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[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

one way to look at it is a blessing in disguise. instead of dissociating with YT, now you have all this time to figure out who you actually are and then become that thing. i imagine it's more rewarding than passively watching YT.

[–] Indicah@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Because hobbies don't exist? Only jobs?

[–] Muyal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What comments like this fail to understand is that people sometimes like to do nothing with their free time.

YouTube became as popular as it is because it fulfilled a necessity, for good or bad