This config file (with separate channel-list- and archive-files) template found here, has proven quite useful to me combined with some minimal batch job:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/858ny5/my_yout...
https://gist.github.com/folknor/4d7da1168497eae5eaf404f20c98...
It requires a few lua modules and CLI tools, for example https://github.com/sharkdp/fd - like all the lua scripts I write for my own use.
Also, now that I was going to post it, I went through my system log and noticed it actually has problems if the youtube ID includes a dash (-), because I didn't escape the ID in the ytdl() call at the bottom. I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
And, of course, I removed the controversial feeds in the list before posting.
Anyway, it works fine for me - hopefully it can inspire others :-)
https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/8vs5na/what_kids_re...
disclaimer: i did not watch the video, but guessed from reading the reddit comments
Could you have caked on more hyperbole? Yes, let's just let kids search the Internet and see what they come up with.
Parenting against a hyper-engineered viewer retention (recommendation is an euphemism at this point) engine is a lost cause to begin with. Tried supervised youtube with my 3 year old for a while and it's always going places you would never expect, and not in a good way.
Even for quality content, just look what wildbrain or DHX Media?, did in terms of ad-count, to "Yo Gabba Gabba" recently:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YN8bUHufPk&list=PLc7QkGFtZU...
I count up 20 partly animated ad overlays plus a preroll in just 20m, who is willing to monitor that as a parent?
The core of the problem I have with the whole thing, is that YouTube prays on the weakest of the weakest, not even me. It's children of parents that simply can't afford daycare and video subscription services, that I worry about the most.