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YouTube stops recommending videos when signed out of Google (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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YouTube is no longer showing recommended videos to users logged out of a Google account or using Incognito mode, making people concerned they are being bullied into always being signed into the service.

This change, which is now rolling out, shows a simple YouTube homepage without any videos or tips on what to watch.

As noted by some on X, users who have cleaned their search and watch history or turned off their history settings also see no suggestions when they're logged in. Some people think YouTube is being pushy about this, trying to make users turn on their history settings.

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[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 57 points 8 months ago

Lol the users being upset about this is the strangest part, I never ever want to see the recommended feed, how can I opt into this while signed in? XD

[-] jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 8 months ago

delete and pause your watch history, at least that's how it works for me.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, I actually want my watch history though, been helpful a few times trying to remember some obscure vid I watched like 4 years ago

Subscriptions page really needs an overhaul, at least it mostly actually shows all the videos posted these days, would be nice if we could categorize them in some fashion, or if it auto-groupes videos from the same creator, an example... I like Kyle Kulinski's Secular Talk, but he posts like 4-10 segments a day so it fills up my subs page

[-] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

There's browser extensions for it

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

True, probably like tamper monkey scripts if that's still a thing

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