YouTube Has Reportedly Stopped Working in Russia

You might be, but the vast majority of the population would not like it.

Sure one could argue that the content is addictive and they shouldn't want to view that stuff, but that's a separate issue.

eh, there have been some education shorts I've seen that got me to subscribe to their YouTube channel.

I just want to have the ability to control the algorithm on my account so my recommendations don't get clogged with low quality, spammy, rage bait videos

We could try splitting it into three sites - funny, stupid, and trashy.

It is like Russian facebook but without any need to respond to or honor any US/EU copyright treaties while under sanctions