I am still 'impressed' with recommendation engines and how much time, money etc is spent on them. In all the years using Netflix, prime video, YouTube, apple TV+ etc, I have never had 1 recommendation I like. These companies all know for years, sometimes decades, what I like (horror sci-fi) and, also important, what I dislike/hate/never watch (romantic comedies): the recommendations I get are shows or movies I would…
I don't rely on youtube recommendations (mostly on subscriptions to my favorite channels), but sometimes youtube offers me something new and interesting. How else could you discover something you don't know exists? No, I'm not going to "ask around".