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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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dawid

@carnage4life I wish recommendations were based more on the video I'm currently watching. It's just the same videos as on the front page but in a different format.

I remember watching YouTube back in 2007 and just going down rabbit holes, browsing the site like it was actually a *web*site of interconnected content. Only Wikipedia provides that feeling now.