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YouTube Home Feed Empty With History Off, Anyone Else?
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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It is now mandatory to have a watch history on YouTube if you want to keep getting video recommendations.
Me, who hates the recommendations and YouTube storing my watch history: I see this as an absolute win
Why do you hate the recommendations? For me it goes thru my subs and pics the videos I'm actually interested about and then fills the gaps with related videos at which it seems to do pretty good job at.
Yeah not impossible to get good recs, I just find them more often to be not that helpful/interesting. Also they really soak up everything, so if I watch one video about solar panels or something my feed is suddenly 8 deep-dives into what BIG SOLAR doesn’t want me to know
Don’t forget the consistent recommendations for subtle and not-so-subtle right wing content
What IS big solar hiding… just asking questions!
Must see! Watch now! BIG SOLAR HATES this one thing!
(It's shade from clouds and trees, they hate shade)