I can't watch a YouTube video without getting a JP recommendation.

I had honestly assumed after JP ended up nearly dying in a shady Russian "alt therapy" detox facility for his benzo addiction, at least partially due to the all-meat diet his crank daughter developed, the fervency of people suggesting him as some sort of "authority" would die down. Jokes on me I guess.

You seem to be missing or intentionally ignoring some additional facts:

* his addiction was caused by the increase in his prescribed dosage (so he could cope with his wife's cancer diagnosis and treatment - which was initially considered terminal by her doctors) * he had to look for alternative treatments after his wife's cancer treatment has started working and he tried to cut back on his dosage, unsuccessfully (he tried to go practically cold turkey by his own admission, which made it worse, you can criticize him for not handling it properly) * to my knowledge, he's still doing the all meat diet to this day, along with his daughter (since it keeps her symptom free after years of severe autoimmune disease)

Most opponents to Peterson don't know the first thing about him. It's quite sad because they're the same types that think COVID misinformation is something to worry about.

North American doctors like to overprescribe stuff like opioids or benzos. Wouldn't you think he is more of a crank if he denied his doctor's treatment?

I don't know how people do youtube without ublock origin...

They're not talking about paid ads

uBlock Origin can block more than just ads. It has "annoyance" filters, premade lists for cookie popups, and a lot more.

On top of the lists, each user can block annoying things they dislike easily. Just right click the recommended videos section and automatically add it as a uBlock Origin rule.

Can you block recommendations on ublock? I haven't seen that.

You can block anything with uBlock, so, yes. Learn how to use the picker tool (looks like an eyedropper.)

You might enjoy the extension SponsorBlock, which will auto-skip the sponsored segments within the video itself.

I'm curious -- since monetization depends on ads, and youtubers also derive income from sponsored segments, doesn't a blocker deprive them of income? Or is the blocker undetected?

I mean, I pay for Youtube Premium, so they're getting paid for my views regardless.

The addon does the equivalent of scrub forward in the video, which... I don't think creators (and therefore the sponsors paying them) have any way of seeing that some segment of their video is being skipped. Everybody is happy!

I just don't need to see yet another outdated 2 minute segment for N*rdV*N or K*wi Co.