Selects desired categories on Youtube Homepage and hides undesired ones. To minimise distraction and increase productivity.
I must admit, I had Youtube addiction for a long time. As soon as I enter youtube and want to relax for a couple of minutes, I see the home page suggestions, and then I go into the rabbit hole for hours. I don't want a place designed to distract you and waste your time, I want a website that encourages productivity. If only it was possible to force myself to watch educational/useful/relevant content that would make me a smarter person and inspire me to work harder...
There is, often ignored by me, a category selection feature on Youtube home page, but I rarely used them because it requires you to switch to a category every time you go back to the home page. And even when I do, I have already been spoiled by the default Youtube recommendations.
If only there was a more effective system...
This script hides undesired categories and selects desired ones randomly. By default, youtube's category selected is always "All". Instead of hiding the entire home feed like some scripts do (like Unhook Youtube), I chose to utilize youtube's category selection feature. It hides any initial Youtube recommendations until the script selects a category.
