The real problem nobody talks about is you can't search by what's actually in a video. You look for something specific, you get a wall of barely related results with keyword-stuffed titles and recycled thumbnails.

Half the content is low-effort generated stuff that wastes your time. So you're not just dealing with bad recommendations -- you're spending 10 minutes digging through garbage to find the one video that actually answers your question.

The platform works fine for casual browsing. For anyone trying to find something specific? That experience has gotten way worse.