I’ve noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now
Even people or older generations seem to be getting sucked in nowadays
Strangely, the opposite for me. Recently (and I mean a couple months ago), I’ve been noticing that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm changed in some way. It’s now recommending me things that I’m not particularly interested in, or things that I would click away from more readily. I used to like educational channels (SciShow, PBS Spacetime, Deep Look, PBS Eons, etc.) and I’m noticing that these videos are almost never recommended to me anymore. I have to go to their channel to even see that they posted a video.