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THE YOUGROUP JOURNAL

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Ideas for organizing your Channels, finding the Uploads you care about, and watching on your own terms.

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November 4, 2026

YouTube TV vs YouTube Premium Which Do You Actually Need

YouTube TV delivers live channels; YouTube Premium removes ads and adds downloads and music. Here is how to pick the right one, or neither.

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November 3, 2026

Set a YouTube Watch-Time Budget You Can Actually Keep

Curation makes bingeing easier. Set a watch-time budget with a real baseline, per-category ceilings, weekly reviews, and a feed that enforces it.

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November 2, 2026

Build a YouTube Immersion Feed for Learning a Language

Grade YouTube channels by difficulty, keep an immersion feed separate from entertainment, and run short daily listening sessions that stick.

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November 1, 2026

What to Do When You Hit YouTube's Channel Subscription Limit

Subscribe stops registering on every device? That is YouTube's account-wide subscription limit at work. Prune, park, or follow without subscribing.

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October 31, 2026

YouTube Premium vs Premium Lite Which Tier Fits How You Watch

A decision framework for YouTube Premium vs Premium Lite or no subscription: ads, music, downloads, background play, and the curated-feed path.

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October 30, 2026

How Free YouTube Curation Tools Stay Free

Five funding models, the incentives each creates, and a five-signal check before you depend on one.

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October 29, 2026

YouTube Music vs the Main App for Podcast and Music Subscriptions

One subscribe action, two apps, and a library that splits every time. Here is a placement rule for music, podcasts, and everything in between.

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October 28, 2026

Follow Live Streams and Premieres Without Living on YouTube

A three-tier framework for live streams and premieres: alerts only where they matter, feed monitoring for the rest, and replay capture into a queue.

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October 27, 2026

Why Chrome Web Store Rejects Extensions and How to Pass Review

A terse rejection notice names a policy area and little else. Here is how to fix permissions, privacy, MV3, and metadata, and pass the next review.

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October 26, 2026

Get New YouTube Uploads as One Daily Email Digest

Four ways to get one YouTube daily digest email: built-in alerts, RSS-to-email, digest apps, or a DIY script, on batching, dedup, privacy, and cost.

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October 25, 2026

How YouTube Detects Ad Blockers and What Your Real Options Are

How YouTube detects ad blockers, why warnings arrive in waves, and how filter lists, SponsorBlock, alternate players, and Premium compare.

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October 24, 2026

Why the Same YouTube Video Looks Better in Some Browsers

The same YouTube video can arrive as different files in different browsers. Codec support, hardware decoding, and client caps decide which one you get.

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October 23, 2026

Why Your YouTube Feed Suddenly Changed and How to Fix It

A sudden YouTube feed change has a traceable cause: shared devices, signed-out viewing, experiments, or drift. Fix each without wiping history.

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October 22, 2026

Ship Your First Fix to an Open-Source YouTube Tool

A user-to-contributor walkthrough for community-maintained YouTube tools: pick an issue, build from source, reproduce, patch, and survive review.

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October 21, 2026

Nebula vs Floatplane vs PeerTube for Curating Beyond YouTube

A subscription feed past a couple hundred channels is not a feed anymore. It is a queue you triage, and YouTube's own tools do little to help: the

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October 20, 2026

How YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Actually Chooses Your Videos

A two-stage system assembles your home feed, scoring candidates on predicted clicks, watch time, and satisfaction. Subscriptions barely rank.

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October 19, 2026

What Research Says About Watching YouTube at 2x Speed

Set speeds by content type.

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October 18, 2026

Decide Whether a Three-Hour YouTube Video Deserves Your Time

A five-minute triage routine for long YouTube uploads: chapters, transcript search, a sped-up middle sample, and community signals before queuing.

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October 17, 2026

Follow News on YouTube Without Falling Into the Doom Loop

Four rules to follow YouTube news without the doom loop: capped sessions, recorded roundups, tiered sources, and a quarantined news shelf.

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October 16, 2026

Offline YouTube Viewing Compared From Premium Downloads to yt-dlp

A practical comparison of YouTube Premium downloads, yt-dlp, and commercial downloader apps: quality, setup effort, portability, and ToS risk.

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October 15, 2026

Cite and Archive YouTube Videos Before Your Sources Rot

Citing YouTube sources in APA 7 and Chicago, freezing stable metadata, and archiving footage before links rot and sources vanish.

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October 14, 2026

What Research Actually Says About YouTube Rabbit Holes and Filter Bubbles

Peer-reviewed research on YouTube rabbit holes and filter bubbles: what the watch-time objective supports and which viewer controls work.

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October 13, 2026

Follow Creators Across YouTube, Podcasts, and Substack in One Place

A five-step system to follow creators across YouTube, podcasts, and Substack: map outposts, wire RSS feeds, dedupe cross-posts, prune quarterly.

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October 12, 2026

Chrome vs Firefox vs Safari for Privacy-First YouTube Tools

Chrome, Firefox, and Safari compared on background processing, permissions, portability, and local storage for privacy-first YouTube curation tools.

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October 11, 2026

Keep a YouTube Extension Working Through Redesigns and A/B Tests

Why YouTube redesigns and A/B tests break extensions, and the anchor, feed, and release patterns that keep one working through them.

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October 10, 2026

How to Support YouTube Creators When You Skip the Ads

RSS views, blocked ads, and third-party frontends pay creators nothing. See which viewing paths pay and how to budget support for channels you keep.

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October 9, 2026

Run a YouTube Settings Audit That Reshapes Your Home Feed

A quarterly audit of YouTube settings: autoplay, recommendation feedback, notifications, watch history, and quality, with web and mobile locations.

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October 8, 2026

The Best Ways To Watch YouTube Together in Sync

Four ways to watch YouTube together in sync, compared on setup, limits, and privacy, plus how to pair a sync tool with a shared curated watchlist.

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October 7, 2026

When to Unsubscribe, Mute, or Park a YouTube Subscription

A three-option framework for borderline YouTube subscriptions: unsubscribe when relevance is gone, mute when alerts are loud, park when you are unsure.

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October 6, 2026

DeArrow vs SponsorBlock vs Native YouTube Controls Compared

A layer-by-layer comparison of DeArrow, SponsorBlock, and native YouTube controls: what each fixes, data trust, platform support, and conflicts.

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October 5, 2026

Why Chrome Extensions Lose Their Memory When the Service Worker Sleeps

Chrome MV3 terminates idle service workers, wiping timers, ports, and globals. A guide to the lifecycle, failure patterns, and four durable fixes.

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October 4, 2026

Set Up a Calm, Clickbait-Proof YouTube for a Parent

Help a parent get a calmer YouTube without a takeover: TV autoplay off, a Shorts friction limit, and a curated subscriptions-first browser feed.

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October 3, 2026

How Crowdsourced Timestamps Let You Skip YouTube Sponsor Segments

SponsorBlock skips YouTube sponsor segments using crowdsourced video timestamps, category-based voting, and privacy-preserving hash lookups.

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October 2, 2026

YouTube Kids vs Supervised Accounts vs Your Own Curated Allowlist

Three routes to safe YouTube for kids, compared on content quality, control granularity, aging out at 13, and maintenance, plus allowlist setup steps.

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October 2, 2026

What Manifest V3 Really Means for Your Favorite Browser Extensions

Why some ad blockers and YouTube extensions lost features after Chrome's Manifest V3 switch, plus a six-question checklist for judging what survives.

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October 1, 2026

Get Your Curated YouTube Lists Onto the TV

A watch-night workflow for curated YouTube lists: native playlist casting, the TV queue, unlisted playlist exports, and taming smart TV recommendations.

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September 30, 2026

Turn Your YouTube Subscriptions Into a Podcast-Style Audio Feed

How PigeonPod and Stashcast turn YouTube channels into podcast feeds, which subscriptions work audio-only, and how to sync feeds to your app.

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September 29, 2026

Make 'Don't Recommend Channel' Actually Stick on YouTube

How to block a channel on YouTube so it sticks: native dismissals on every surface, feed and search hygiene, and a curated feed with a persistent blocklist.

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September 28, 2026

How to Find a YouTube Video You Half-Remember Watching

A layered recovery workflow for a half-remembered YouTube video: watch history, search filters, Google queries, and transcript search.

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September 27, 2026

Stop Work Watching From Polluting Your Personal YouTube Feed

Contamination is account-level, not device-level. Isolate work viewing with Chrome profiles, Firefox containers, or local-first curation.

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September 26, 2026

Where YouTube's Terms of Service Actually Draw the Line for Third-Party Tools

YouTube's terms permit some third-party uses, ban others, and stay silent in between. Here is the map, plus a five-question risk test for any tool.

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September 25, 2026

Which RSS Reader Handles YouTube Subscriptions Best

Five RSS readers judged only on YouTube criteria: playback, folders, dedup, filters, OPML, and privacy, plus a purpose-built wildcard.

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September 24, 2026

Do You Need a YouTube Organizer or Just Better Playlists

Playlists and Watch Later organize videos. If your problem is too many channels, they can't help. A stress test of native tools plus a decision framework.

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September 23, 2026

Build Your Own YouTube Wrapped From Your Watch History

Build your own YouTube Wrapped: export your history from Google Takeout and compute hours, top channels, and yearly shifts entirely on your machine.

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September 22, 2026

Why You Miss YouTube Uploads Even With the Bell Turned On

You subscribed, clicked the bell, set it to All, and the upload still never arrived. Here is where missing uploads go and how to get them back.

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September 21, 2026

How to Vet a YouTube Channel Before You Subscribe

Every subscription is a standing commitment, and most viewers make it after watching a single video. A viral upload is a bad sample of a channel's

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September 20, 2026

Keep Curated YouTube Lists Useful When Videos Vanish

Curated YouTube lists rot one entry at a time. Learn to diagnose why videos vanish, capture metadata while links live, and run a seasonal sweep.

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September 17, 2026

Auto-Dubbed YouTube Channels Are Unlocking Whole New Language Feeds

YouTube auto dubbing puts generated tracks next to original audio. Here is how to vet dubs, switch tracks, and curate foreign channels locally.

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September 16, 2026

Do You Still Need YouTube Premium After Curating Your Own Feed

A curated feed replaces subscription management but not the player. Here is how to audit each Premium benefit before you keep, downgrade, or cancel.

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September 15, 2026

How YouTube Data API Quota Limits Shape Indie Tool Design

The first wall you hit when you build a YouTube tool is rarely a bug or a missing OAuth flow. It is quota. Google grants projects that enable the

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September 14, 2026

What Really Happens When You Clear Your YouTube Watch History

What actually breaks when you clear YouTube watch history, why pausing can blank the home feed, and a curation-first reset that keeps your progress local.

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September 13, 2026

FreeTube vs NewPipe vs Invidious for Private YouTube Viewing

FreeTube, NewPipe, and Invidious compared on devices, data storage, sync, and IP exposure, plus when a local-first extension fits better.

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September 12, 2026

Dig Out of a 1,000-Video Watch Later Backlog

A repeatable Watch Later cleanup: preserve links with a playlist relay and Takeout, triage with keep, archive, and delete rules, then clear safely.

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September 11, 2026

Browser Extension vs RSS Reader vs Web App for YouTube Curation

Pick the right category of YouTube curation tool before comparing apps: extensions, RSS readers, and web apps on storage, feeds, Shorts, and privacy.

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September 10, 2026

How to Separate Shorts From Your Long-Form YouTube Subscriptions

Shorts and long-form uploads share one chronological feed. Here is how to separate them with native controls, duration-aware lists, and a weekly routine.

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September 9, 2026

How to Judge an Open-Source Browser Tool Before You Rely on It

A ten-minute, seven-signal checklist for judging an open-source browser tool before you depend on it, with Yougroup as the worked example.

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September 8, 2026

Sync Curated YouTube Lists Across Devices Without a Cloud Account

Four ways to keep curated YouTube lists current on every device without a cloud account, from manual export and import to Syncthing and WebDAV.

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September 7, 2026

Why YouTube's Subscription Feed Was Never Designed for Power Viewers

YouTube's own documentation shows the subscription feed was never a delivery guarantee. See what each lever controls and what to change today.

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September 6, 2026

Check Data Portability Before Choosing a YouTube Organizer

Test stable IDs, list relationships, user-created fields, storage, export formats, and clean re-imports before choosing a YouTube organizer with portability.

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September 5, 2026

Choose Where AI Runs in Your Browser Extension

Compare local, hosted, browser-provided, and hybrid AI architectures for browser extensions across privacy, costs, offline use, security, and control.

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September 4, 2026

Turn YouTube Transcripts Into a Private Knowledge Base

Build private YouTube transcript notes with source details, timestamped evidence, searchable text, caption checks, and clear copyright limits for use.

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September 3, 2026

What AI Video Summaries Miss and How to Check Them

AI video summaries can omit caveats, blur attribution, miss visuals, and overstate certainty. Use the risk-based method to check consequential claims.

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September 2, 2026

How to Tell Whether Your YouTube Curation System Works

Measure YouTube curation by tracking relevant finds, search time, backlog health, source diversity, repeat viewing, and satisfaction across all goals.

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September 1, 2026

How Teams Can Share YouTube Sources Without Sharing Personal Data

A practical workflow for shared YouTube sources that protects viewing data while preserving provenance, access choices, annotations, and review.

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August 31, 2026

Should AI Organize Your YouTube Subscriptions

AI YouTube curation compared with manual Lists and YouTube recommendations, with a human-reviewed model for privacy, control, and novelty.

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August 30, 2026

How to Verify Claims Before Trusting a YouTube Video

Learn how to fact-check YouTube videos by separating observations from interpretations, tracing sources, checking context, and noting the uncertainty.

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August 29, 2026

Why Channels Are the Wrong Unit for YouTube Curation

Channel subscriptions follow creators, not viewing intent. Learn how intent, format, freshness, and trust support more precise YouTube curation.

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August 29, 2026

How to Audit a YouTube Extension’s Privacy Claims

Audit a YouTube extension's privacy claims by checking permissions, data flows, source, disclosures, local exposure, and changes in later releases.

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August 28, 2026

How to Spot AI Slop in Your YouTube Subscriptions

Learn how to spot AI slop on YouTube by checking channel patterns, sources, disclosures, provenance, and claims before you clean your subscriptions safely.

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August 28, 2026

Back Up Your YouTube Subscriptions Before They Disappear

Export your YouTube subscription list using Google Takeout, retain channel IDs, store dated backup copies securely, and understand restoration limits.

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August 28, 2026

How Researchers Track Niche Video Sources Without Algorithm Interference

Group channels by beat, track uploads chronologically, mark videos reviewed, and keep source monitoring deterministic. Four concrete steps for researchers.

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August 27, 2026

Why Your Subscription List Breaks and How Curation Fixes It

YouTube subscription overload is a design problem, not a discipline problem. Here's how triage, themed lists, and a deduplicated feed restore intent.

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August 26, 2026

Turn Your Cooking Subscriptions Into a Searchable Recipe Library

Turn scattered cooking subscriptions into a findable recipe library with themed Lists, watched-as-cooked tracking, and session queues you open on YouTube.

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August 25, 2026

YouTube Subscription Managers Compared for Privacy-Minded Viewers

Five YouTube subscription managers compared on privacy, sync, dedup, queues, API keys, open source, and cost, with a table and decision framework.

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August 24, 2026

Build a Self-Education Curriculum From Curated YouTube Lists

Turn YouTube subscriptions into a self-study curriculum with curated lists, sequenced series, weekly queues, and local progress marks.

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August 23, 2026

Naming and Structuring YouTube Lists That Actually Stay Organized

Most YouTube channel organization fails within a month. Learn naming conventions, list sizing, and cross-list membership rules that keep your channel lists organized for good.

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August 22, 2026

Prune and Rebuild Your YouTube Subscriptions Every Season

A 30-minute seasonal audit for YouTube subscription management: spot stale channels, prune or archive them, and rebuild your watch queue with Yougroup.

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August 21, 2026

How Local Watched-State Tracking Changes Your YouTube Habits

Local watch tracking keeps your YouTube watched state private and on-device, breaking algorithmic loops and enabling more mindful, intentional viewing.

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August 20, 2026

Building a Fully Client-Side Chrome Extension With No Backend

How Yougroup uses Chrome extension architecture to build a fully client-side app with no backend: chrome.storage as a database, RSS feeds as a data pipeline, and local-first privacy by design.

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August 19, 2026

How Thoughtbubble Turns AI Prototypes Into Shipped Open-Source Products

How Thoughtbubble used AI prototyping to ship Yougroup, an open-source Chrome extension, and what the build reveals about their product development and consulting practice.

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August 18, 2026

Build the Perfect YouTube Watch Queue With Smart Sorting

Learn how Yougroup's three playback queue sorting modes (newest, popular, interleaved) transform your YouTube watch queue with local watch-tracking and one-click launch.

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August 17, 2026

Never Miss an Upload With a Deduplicated Cross-List Feed

Yougroup's deduplicated cross-list feed consolidates uploads from every channel in every List into one clean view. Here is how it works and why it matters.

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August 16, 2026

How YouTube RSS Feeds Track Uploads Without an API Key

YouTube exposes a public RSS feed for every channel that tracks uploads with no API key, no OAuth, and no quota. Here is how it works and when enrichment helps.

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August 15, 2026

How Anyone Can Build and Load a Chrome Extension From Source

Learn to clone, build, and load an open-source Chrome extension from source in under 15 minutes. A step-by-step developer tutorial using Yougroup as the example.

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August 14, 2026

Why Your YouTube Organizer Should Never See Your Data

A privacy Chrome extension case study in zero-data architecture: why local-first software means your YouTube organizer never needs to see your data.

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August 14, 2026

Take Back Control of Your YouTube Feed Without the Algorithm

YouTube's algorithm drives 70% of viewing and its controls barely work. Curated YouTube subscriptions and a deduplicated feed put you back in control.

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August 12, 2026

YouTube is easier to follow when you give it a shape

A small organizing system can make a busy YouTube subscription list feel more like a set of rooms and less like one endless hallway.

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