You won’t get video recommendations on your home feed (and maybe also other parts of youtube) if you have watch history disabled in your google account settings (you request google not to save your watch history).
I don’t watch any YouTube personalities or subscribe to channels. If I’m on YouTube, it’s to see a specific music video, informational video, or something linked by a friend
In short, if I’m not specifically looking for a video, I don’t need or want one recommended to me.
I am subscribed to over 100 channels, ranging from daily uploads to 1 video every few months. Frankly I don’t need more stuff to watch. When I do want to find something new, it’s either a recommendation from a friend, something I saw in a different social media, or something I searched for myself deliberately.
This change isn’t a good thing, it’s Google trying to pressure more people into giving up more data, but the “threat” of them removing their algorithmically recommended content from my feed is not a threat at all, it’s a bonus if anything.
FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
You won’t get video recommendations on your home feed (and maybe also other parts of youtube) if you have watch history disabled in your google account settings (you request google not to save your watch history).
DistractedDev@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Why would people want this? How else do you find videos to watch?
aaaa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t watch any YouTube personalities or subscribe to channels. If I’m on YouTube, it’s to see a specific music video, informational video, or something linked by a friend
In short, if I’m not specifically looking for a video, I don’t need or want one recommended to me.
TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I am subscribed to over 100 channels, ranging from daily uploads to 1 video every few months. Frankly I don’t need more stuff to watch. When I do want to find something new, it’s either a recommendation from a friend, something I saw in a different social media, or something I searched for myself deliberately.
This change isn’t a good thing, it’s Google trying to pressure more people into giving up more data, but the “threat” of them removing their algorithmically recommended content from my feed is not a threat at all, it’s a bonus if anything.
MixedRaceHumanAI@lemm.ee 10 months ago
We can still find content from subscribed channels.