TheRadiatorIsWarmNo more recommendations if history is turned off.
diprount_tomatoIt’s not exclusive to android. Guess YouTube really likes being a bunch of assholes
radixWhy do you want YouTube recommendations if you’re not willing to make an account?
I’d occasionally visit on a work pc to put an album or book on but the homepage recommendations are so bad looking it’s all like very samey cringey thumbnails. I’d be delighted if that was gone.
justtobbiThat is bloody lovely to not get distracted
yup, I didn’t say it was bad, I just said they made this a thing :)
whodoctor11If you want you can use revanced to remove the home page completely and enter subscriptions page automatically.
Actually nice.
IzzyI still get recommendations on the Android Youtube App and my watch history is completely empty and turned off.
Slowly rolling out
I just noticed it on the web browser. Great stuff. The home feed is just gone now.
👍 👍
Margot RobbieIt’s on topic. You’re good. 👍
You are using the official client? It’s terrible on pretty much any platform
I’m using revanced
I use Piped anyways, GG to me for not having had this in ever
candyman337Piped servers a getting blocked by Google apparently
AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦Just checked it 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.
They’re trying, but there’s tons of servers for them to try and block, and maintainers aren’t dumb.
piped.lunar.icu works well for me.
one word for you, my friend. Revanced
phuntisit’s the same on revanced and they’re wrong it’s on pc too
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?
operatorYes 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.
Edit: both ends = b2b&b2c
MysticKetchupThere’s not really much evidence that targeted ads with any better than random ads. Plus they already have a point of data to serve ads: what video the user is watching.
OtakuAltairHonestly this is making me want to turn mine off, but having a watch history is very convenient
EddyBotalternative youtube frontends like Invidious, Newpipe or Freetube (Desktop) keep their own watch history without letting google know
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.
Awesome. I don’t sit around youtube, don’t use the official app, and don’t subscribe to anyone with a real account.
Perfect.
Dude, just because “you” don’t care doesn’t mean everbody else shouldn’t give a sh*t about this as well
Well I can only speak for myself, but looking through these comments there are plenty of people who see this as a positive! I just always have gone the extra step to get there even before google made the change.
I see this as a win as well
No more distractions, no more scrolling down, hitting the 3 dots menu and the “Don’t recommend this channel” button every time
Let’s hope this applies to Google TV home too.
FireTowerYeah that’s it for me, I’m done with the YT app. They keep making it shittier. Guess I’ll give revanced a look.
IndiBronyYou’ll never go back. It doesn’t take much to set up. There are guides.
Already all done sub 15 minutes.
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).
Just gonna put this here: freetubeapp.io
Enjoy 😊
YⓄ乙 I uninstalled Spotify after I found newpipe. I add all my fav songs in playlist and when I want to list, I hit play all and all my fav songs starts to play. Love it!
Newpipe is the best
Check out InnerTune on f-droid. You’ll find it’s even better than Newpipe for music.
I’ve used it. Some music refuse to play and sometimes it just stops responding to touch. I am using a custom rom, A13 so not sure if its the ROM or app.
If its working fine for you then checkout musify and blackhole.
I’ve been using ViMusic for music and it’s great but I’ve downloaded my favorite songs on deezer with deemix and I’m using jellyfin to stream them lately …but I’ll check InnerTune anyway 😄
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.
mitch8128Yt 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
FARTYSHARTBLASTWhat's up with the stupid logo on YouTube lately?
Click it and it will show you.
Some calligraphy thing
This happened to me a year ago I think. There was no way I was going to turn on watch history. Previously it would make recommendations based on my subscriptions, and that was fine, so why use watch history? It resulted in me almost never using YouTube, and after a few months it went back to normal. Maybe you can wait it out.
they started rolling this out on desktop too now
Oh, nice! I really appreciate those rare occasions where Google makes my experience better.
Is this a con for people?
The recommendation algorithm has always been garbage to me.
Wait, that’s all I have to do? Now I just need to figure out how to turn video history off.
PewPewDispenserLooks like I’m canceling my YouTube Premium Subscription.
i pay less than $2/m cos “I’m from Argentina” :)
notsharpok. first to-do things on my list now.
Seriously, youtube recommendation become a trash. All it recommend me is propaganda videos even though I’m never interested in it. Gone are the golden age where youtubers don’t simp for like, share, subscribe and comment.
𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙nice. i disabled my history for this very reason.