Why YSK: There is a recent update in Youtube that force user to turn on history to see videos in recommendation/home tab. You can get over it by turning the history version ON and then watch a video and make sure it's shown in the History tab. And now you can turn off the History and you will still see the recommendations/home feed loaded with videos. So the key is to not clear your watch history in Youtube if you already have one and then you can keep history turned ON/OFF as per you needed.
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jtk@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y
Then does it use just that one video as a base for all recommendations? Either way, I hope they never fix this vast improvement, it made me realize what I already knew deep down, I hate algorithmically generate feeds with a fucking passion.
Izzy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Probably not because the home feed has existed without issue for years with my history turned off. This change only exists to convince people to turn their history on. I don't know why they even need our permission rather than just removing it as an option to have it off, but I'm glad I can.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah I've been using Newpipe and Libretube and they work like RSS feeds. No algorithm whatsoever.
lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev · -6 pts · 2y
SmoothSurfer@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Recommendation algorithm does not only consider your watch history. There are other factors.
pensa@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y