This is explained on this support answer
It’s a thing on Revanced YT even if spoofing an old version. Applies to the web version as well now
This seems to be due to some new EU law ?
That is bloody lovely to not get distracted
yup, I didn’t say it was bad, I just said they made this a thing :)
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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.
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Is this bad? I really wouldn’t want YouTube to recommend me random garbage if they didn’t know what I already watched
lol, I’ve always kept my watch history “paused” and YouTube always recommends… the videos I’ve already seen. Great. Thanks.
Yt already recommends videos I’ve seen which is why I turned it off, now it doesn’t know what I’m interested in based on previous vids I’ve seen
Oh, nice! I really appreciate those rare occasions where Google makes my experience better.
Actually nice.
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.
Edit: both ends = b2b&b2c
Honestly this is making me want to turn mine off, but having a watch history is very convenient
What’s up with the weird logo on YouTube lately?
Click it and it will show you.
Some calligraphy thing
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Piped servers a getting blocked by Google apparently
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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.
Yeah that’s it for me, I’m done with the YT app. They keep making it shittier. Guess I’ll give revanced a look.
How are they going to know what to recommend if they have no idea what you’re interested in?
I’m genuinely surprised how many people don’t like youtube recommendations. It works really well for me
They seemed to manage just fine before the change. I had watch history off and I got fairly relevant suggestions based on the view I was currently watching along with my subscriptions.
This isn’t about suggesting videos this is about making users accept lesser levels of privacy in order to get more money from targeted advertising by withholding previously functional features.
Like they managed before?
Messed around with it. If I have zero video history and turn it on it has accurate recommendations, based on videos I’ve recently watched (while watch history was disabled).
It’s on topic. You’re good. 👍
Wait, that’s all I have to do? Now I just need to figure out how to turn video history off.
one word for you, my friend. Revanced
it’s the same on revanced and they’re wrong it’s on pc too
Let’s hope this applies to Google TV homescreen too.
You are using the official client? It’s terrible on pretty much any platform
I’m using revanced
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.
