I'd trade this for the eradication of shorts. The format is simply mind-numbing, and the volume of low effort content with zero relevance is a big turn off.
FYI YouTube home screen does not show any videos if watch history is off
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#22Good? The unlogged YT front page usually makes me feel like I've lost 10 IQ points
I have heard that TikTok algorithm is great as long as you give it a bit time to learn your preferences. I don't think I would be able to survive that process, for exact same reason - it serves absolute dumb garbage, in hundreds.
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#23This is actually so much better.
Agree. On mobile has become essentially the Google experience meaning there’s just a search field and nothing else. I personally love it.
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#24Youtube needs a refresh suggestions button
On the home screen, clicking the Youtube logo refreshes the suggestions. Or did I misunderstand and you want it in a different view?
I guess the Apple TV app leaves something to be desired but then again.. that makes total sense for Google / Chromecast
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#25Youtube needs a refresh suggestions button
Youtube consistently forgets that I watched a video just a few days ago (no red line on the bottom of the thumbnail), and will suggest it over and over until you manually go to click on the ignore. Even recently they had a “suggest new” button on top near the “interests” buttons that would appear there, but I haven’t seen it for several weeks or maybe longer. Youtube will also randomly switch a video I’m watching to…
YESSSS this is my biggest gripe. It's like come on Google you know the moment I take a pee in the morning, you know I watched this video
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#26You guys use the home screen? It's just ads. Watch the subscription feed.
My subscription feed is filled with things that are completely irrelevant because it doesn't adapt to my interests. I guess I could prune my subscriptions but why would I when the home screen works so much better? Also if you only watch people you're already subscribed to it will be hard to find new things. I don't know what makes you say the home screen is "just ads" because that's definitely not true
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#27My watch history is off. How do I turn off Home Screen? I still get it
Delete your watch history.
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#28I actually glad, I can just go to my subs directly
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#29I've had to clear my like and watch history a few times, since I'll watch foreign language tech videos and it often messes up my feed. History off was my default to fix yt's issues.
Theres a browser extension, pockettube, that turns yt into a cable network, tons of features, it really has made yt more usable and enjoyable.
I wish someone would make a pockettube type app that wasnt just for yt, but also worked with other video services. Maybe give me a priority of videos per platform, so I could pick the platform that makes the most money for the creator.
Its kinda like rss feeds with a front end, amazed nobody has made this, we have it for podcasts and news, but not video platforms? so strange.
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#30They wrote a blog post about this change last week as if it was a good thing. It's not a good thing: "you’ll be able to see the search bar and the left-hand guide menu, with no feed of recommended videos thus allowing you to more easily search, browse subscribed channels and explore Topic tabs instead." I'm still not enabling my watch history.
I've got an android YouTube app on my Pico projector and it's never logged in, but it definitely remembers my history and only takes a few hours of watching to dial into a narrow band of recommendations.
So, this appears to be some legal derived obeyance, nothing more.