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scarrtt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I leave it on, the suggestions are good as far as I can tell. What’s everyone’s beef with it?

I don’t get the YouTube hate in general. It’s much more interesting than Netflix or TV so I’m happy to pay, although I pay Argentina rates courtesy of subscribing while connected to my VPN and I use Sponsor Block to skip the in-video ad reads. It still counts

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mabd@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah, I'm all for privacy, but I actually get interesting things recommended by YouTube. If I turn this off won't I just get random YouTube videos? No thanks. I also do use my watch history for "I watched it the other day, what was that video called again?"

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- TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Every time I set up a new computer, and before I log into Youtube and see my own recommendations, I look at the raw front page and am shocked that people find all that bullshit entertaining.
  
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  - ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I recently started a new google account and was actually disturbed by the absolute shit on the raw front page.
    
    I actually tried to watch some of the videos to get an inkling of what is supposed to be appealing and I just couldn’t. It was sooooo bad.
    
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    lunicoDee@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s like any other social, they show you what the masses watch, andò what they want you to watch (mostly because they’re going to profit more if you watch ultramonetized videos)
    
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  - scarrtt@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Exactly, it’s total garbage. I’ve been training the algo for years, no way I’m giving that up
    
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    lunicoDee@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    the algorithm is changing form me, and other people
    
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- lunicoDee@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  For me the thing that holds me back from using an alternative frontend is that the yt algoritm doesnt work on those. The thing that i nate is that it doesnt recommend the channels wich I’m subscibed to most of the times. Aldo, on my FreeBSD-based mobile operanting system, there arent frontend wrappers so I’m left with the proprietary app which is included in the package store
  
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sharkfucker420@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I want to watch less YouTube so I leave recommendations off

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