Browsing without login still gives you an algorithm, but one for the lowest common denominator. I'd suggest using the subscription feed

How do you do that?

I feel like we need to get away from Gulag's servers in general tho. They're closing in on the likes of Freetube.

Seconded. You subscribe to channels you like, and your feed is just the newest videos first. Plus built in sponser block.

This. It's gone down for a few days here or there. But then updates and it's all good. You can even watch shorts from the creators, although it's like watching a short video (can't scroll through them in succession as far as I know).

I found freetube helpful. You can subscribe to Channels directly in freetube. I am a bit unsure if it stops the algorythm completely.

https://freetubeapp.io/

Yeah, I thought of getting into grayjay instead, but the android app seems very unstable and slow for me, maybe I'll try tweaking ReVanced for a similar result instead.