idk how any of these features work i just watch videos its still working well for me

not really, i'd been under the impression that you needed history for recommendations up till they sent out the email about it earlier this month, so it's just always been on.

I still open YouTube which lands me directly to subscription section thanks to Revanced.

But between removal of recommendation and unsub of LTT channels, all my subscribed channels post like 1 videos a day, combined. So my consumption is very low now.

Wait, if I switch it off, will it stop me getting recommendations for shorts? Id totally do it then. Tbh ive told myself this year tostop mindless scrolling so its good to hear youre feeling more deliberate.

I haven’t been on YouTube in over a month but it’s because the ads were getting way out of control.

I don't use the recommended feature anyway, I have my subscriptions which I like, they are from good content creators, I don't feel the need to go browsing through the utter garbage that is most of YouTube.

If I want channel recommendations I'll wait until someone makes a list, traditionally that's been Reddit, but I guess it'll be on here now.

I don't use it at all unless it's through piped.video so for me it's a moot point

I mostly use Odysee, so no change for me.

No, the recommendations became shit ever since I put on ad blocker so I wasn't really using them. If anything, now with history off I actually pay closer attention to the people I'm subscribed to since there is a subscription tag that I didn't realize I was ignoring.

Also gosh YouTube search is awful.

I just turned on my history, watched the one video I submitted to my own channel, then turned it off again.

That's apparently enough to bring your dashboard back.

Yes, considerably. Although I still get suggestions through the YouTube app on Apple TV but they are mostly crap anyways.

Yes, very much

Yeah, I use the regular Youtube client more frequently, because my senses aren't assaulted by a crapass load of thumbnails of dumb stuff.

Wait, what is this new feature YouTube is doing?

Yes it has actually.

I prefer not to consume content I don't seek out, and I don't really seek out YouTube content.

Well, I use NewPipe for my YT consumption, so I only visit ReVanced when I want to post a comment, so I was quite surprised, but it didn't change anything. Not uaing WiFi, however, changes the way you organise your data usage. I found I barely visited YT, even via newpipe, now that I stick to data only.

Not really, I like what I like because I like it. I no longer binge mindlessly, I just binge mindfully. I'm using Freetube for many years now.