Since YouTube’s beginning it has made recommendations without using a watch history. For personalized recommendations, it based them on subscriptions if watch history wasn’t on.
I feel like that defeats the purpose of automated recommendations, since you can still search for the videos (that you want to watch) and create playlists either way.
I’d occasionally visit on a work pc to put an album or book on but the homepage recommendations are so bad looking it’s all like very samey cringey thumbnails. I’d be delighted if that was gone.
Just checked right now, Piped doesn’t load any videos anymore. However, Invidious still works. NewPipe (which directly connects to YouTube, doesn’t go through a Piped instance) on Android also works.
Well I can only speak for myself, but looking through these comments there are plenty of people who see this as a positive! I just always have gone the extra step to get there even before google made the change.
Yes and no. Without a users video history (& other tracking turned off) best they can do is push random ads hoping it would hit one in a million. That is not effective and sometimes even diseffective (hitting a controversially opposite target). Tha harms YouTube on both ends more than the ad’s company
By pushing users to turn it on they apparently gain more than just pushing random horse crap.
There’s not really much evidence that targeted ads work any better than random ads. Plus they already have a point of data to serve ads: what video the user is watching.
Seriously, youtube recommendation become a trash. All it recommend me is propaganda videos even though I’m never interested in it. Gone are the golden age where youtubers don’t simp for like, share, subscribe and comment.
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Doesn’t that make sense? How would they know what to recommend if they don’t store the history of what you watch?
Yes I know it’s bogus and they store it anyway - but just to humor the theory.
Since YouTube’s beginning it has made recommendations without using a watch history. For personalized recommendations, it based them on subscriptions if watch history wasn’t on.
They used likes and subscriptions, and that was a crap, I am honestly happy to not have home page anymore.
Maybe they can just ask you about what you want to watch?
Speaking of which, have you watched the movie yet? Pretty good right? ☺️
Hah that would make sense indeed. Right against Google’s modus operandi though.
What movie? Barbie? (Guessing based on your username.) Not yet. I’m binging Star Trek SNW now.
You’ve been on LW for this long and don’t know about me.😭
And I participated in both Star War Memes and Totally Not Robots after you made them…
I know about you, I just don’t remember if we’ve talked about some movie. My memory isn’t what it used to be.
I feel like that defeats the purpose of automated recommendations, since you can still search for the videos (that you want to watch) and create playlists either way.
That is bloody lovely to not get distracted
yup, I didn’t say it was bad, I just said they made this a thing :)
If you want you can use revanced to remove the home page completely and enter subscriptions page automatically.
they started rolling this out on desktop too now
nice. i disabled my history for this very reason.
It’s not exclusive to android. Guess YouTube really likes being a bunch of assholes
Why do you want YouTube recommendations if you’re not willing to make an account?
I’d occasionally visit on a work pc to put an album or book on but the homepage recommendations are so bad looking it’s all like very samey cringey thumbnails. I’d be delighted if that was gone.
It’s on topic. You’re good. 👍
I still get recommendations on the Android Youtube App and my watch history is completely empty and turned off.
Slowly rolling out
I just noticed it on the web browser. Great stuff. The home feed is just gone now.
👍 👍
You are using the official client? It’s terrible on pretty much any platform
I’m using revanced
Actually nice.
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Piped servers a getting blocked by Google apparently
Just checked right now, Piped doesn’t load any videos anymore. However, Invidious still works. NewPipe (which directly connects to YouTube, doesn’t go through a Piped instance) on Android also works.
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Do Revanced or Piped allow you to easily cast now? That was my main issue with them a while ago (I’m on a Pixel 6 Pro, maybe it was my phone?)
I think it works now but I can’t verify right now.
Awesome. I don’t sit around youtube, don’t use the official app, and don’t subscribe to anyone with a real account.
Perfect.
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Well I can only speak for myself, but looking through these comments there are plenty of people who see this as a positive! I just always have gone the extra step to get there even before google made the change.
I see this as a win as well
No more distractions, no more scrolling down, hitting the 3 dots menu and the “Don’t recommend this channel” button every time
Am I the only one to find Google to be completely stupid here? Aren’t they missing out on a chance to push videos with ads?
Yes and no. Without a users video history (& other tracking turned off) best they can do is push random ads hoping it would hit one in a million. That is not effective and sometimes even diseffective (hitting a controversially opposite target). Tha harms YouTube on both ends more than the ad’s company
By pushing users to turn it on they apparently gain more than just pushing random horse crap.
There’s not really much evidence that targeted ads work any better than random ads. Plus they already have a point of data to serve ads: what video the user is watching.
Honestly this is making me want to turn mine off, but having a watch history is very convenient
alternative youtube frontends like Invidious, Newpipe or Freetube (Desktop) keep their own watch history without letting google know
Edit: both ends = b2b&b2c
one word for you, my friend. Revanced
it’s the same on revanced and they’re wrong it’s on pc too
ok. first to-do things on my list now.
Seriously, youtube recommendation become a trash. All it recommend me is propaganda videos even though I’m never interested in it. Gone are the golden age where youtubers don’t simp for like, share, subscribe and comment.