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[-] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

As ProZD just pointed out, never use the home screen, just go straight to your Subscriptions feed. It helps the people you subscribed to and you get more videos.

[-] anivia@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

If you disable your watch history the home screen is empty anyways

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

So do people who disable their watch history also just not have any subscriptions because just makes YouTube useless unless you already know the link.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

I have lots of subscriptions and disable my search history. I sub to things I want updates for, and search for stuff I don't. Simple and effective.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Right so why disable watch history? It's obviously not a privacy thing because YouTube already know what kind of content you look for because they can see your subscriptions it just seems to be ineffectively making your life more difficult and not really increasing privacy

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago
  1. YouTube's suggestions are crap, especially since my kids use my account
  2. Most of my YouTube watching is through NewPipe on Android
  3. I avoid most Google products and use an ad blocker, so their tracking doesn't really affect me

So I get no value from it, and it is extra tracking, so I disable it.

[-] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

YouTube used to still recommend you (slightly less relevant) stuff with watch history off.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

How do you get more Subscriptions if you don't randomly browse YT for new content? Sometimes a youtuber will mention another channel, like Adam Savage giving a shout out to Bobby Fingers, but that's rare. And when I went to Bobby Fingers he had like only 4 videos.

[-] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It still suggests vids for you after you finish one, or in the side bar.

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