• scarrtt@lemm.eeEnglish
      204·
      2 years 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

      • mabd@kbin.social
        111·
        2 years 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?”

        • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
          13·
          2 years 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. Nothing but clickbait, drama, and political videos as far as the eye can see.

          • ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            2 years 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.

          • scarrtt@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Exactly, it’s total garbage. I’ve been training the algo for years, no way I’m giving that up

    • eeeeyayyyy@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      81·
      2 years ago

      I disabled my Google and YouTube’s history settings since 2019.

    • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee
      English
      51·
      2 years ago

      There’s a firefox plugin that redirects you to your subscriptions’ uploads instead of that nonsense that “Home” was. Highly recommend.