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Dare Obasanjo Aug 8, 2023

YouTube will no longer show recommendations if you disable watch history.

This both makes the connection clearer that the recommendations are based on what you’ve previously watched and not some “nefarious algorithm” and continues big tech’s march to please the EU’s anti-algorithm demands.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/youtube-update-homepage-watch-history/

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~robby

@carnage4life I hope this is also the case while logged out. It will make youtube.com slightly more bearable. I already disable recommendations using NewPipe when I'm on Android.

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