Being the short form of "spiritual opium", this term is a pejorative slang term referring to how addictive YouTube is.
There are quite a few tactics that Big Tech companies has done to make YouTube an addictive spiritual opium. For example, not providing basic phones alongside smartphones anymore whilst making new Android smartphones come with the YouTube app plumbed without being able to be uninstalled.
by Emotional Cruiser August 24, 2025
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