has your YouTube consumption decreased after implementing the "no history, no recommendations" feature?

I noticed my consumption has decased quite a bit. I would visit regularly to watch content from few channels. I would probably still visit every so often to watch the new videos. But the experience has become more deliberate and conscious. I go to YouTube because I want to go and watch something specific. Mindlessly browsing and watching additional content is harder.

This is good progress from Google to get off their platform :)

nonearther,

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.

sock,

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

BonesOfTheMoon,

Also gosh YouTube search is awful.

BonesOfTheMoon,

I’ve had history turned off for years, like easily a decade. I only get dumb things I don’t care about recommended to me, like Madonna videos, as they’re taking random stabs in the dark at engaging me. What I do watch on YouTube is drag queens and videos of sovereign citizens being teased, but they never get suggested.

drcabbage,

Wait, what is this new feature YouTube is doing?

redhydride,

As far as I know, it recommends videos on the top page based on your viewing history

drcabbage,

I thought that was always a thing…

kryllic,

Yes, and it’s been great! I mainly watch my subscriptions now, and the occasional tutorial I have to search for, but I’m glad to not have a bunch of clickbait thrown at me when I first open the app, now I don’t get sidetracked or waste nearly as much time on useless schlock.

mesamunefire,

Nope, subscriptions give me what I want. And peertube has a lot of cool channels if I want discovery.

Fuckass,

I deleted the app off my phone and my usage went down significantly. But my overall phone usage has stayed the same.

telepresence,
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spent a few hours yesterday sorting all of my subscriptions and moving them to newpipe. while having everything auto-backed up by google was convenient, newpipe is much better - i go in, watch some videos i saved into a playlist or that have come out from subscribed channels, then go out. it feels way better then being sucked in by the algorithm. i think i’ll still use youtube’s algorithm on my pc sometimes, as this setup hinders new content discovery. but overall, i’m really pleased so far with the new setup.

gloria,
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What is newpipe?

enix,

github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

2kool4idkwhat,

Yeah, I had a similar experience

I wonder why they did this though, before the change YouTube would recommend me videos based on videos I watched so it’s not like they actually needed the watch history to be turned on

Mandy,

i see only one mention of freetube, kinda criminal with how good it is

PixelOfLife,

I have history turned on and it generally recommends stuff I’m interested in. My only complaint is that it doesn’t update often enough and likes to recommend videos I’ve seen already.

Carighan,
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Same, I get the feeling very few people actively interact with the “not interested”/“don’t recommend” stuff, so they end up getting all kinds of weird recommendations. Or they also use Youtube Music. For some reason Youtube seriously struggles to understand that most people don’t consume video the same way they consume music, and conflates the two constantly.

Saltarello,

No because I haven’t used the app for years so I’m not signed in. I use browser with uBlock “etc” on both mobile & laptop/desktop.

Any feeds that I watch regularly plus interesting videos I stumble on or recommended in places like !videos i put directly into a notes app which syncs to all my devices. All grouped by length so its easy to find something depending on how little spare time I have to kill. Its a slight extra step compared to clicking “watch later” in the YouTube app but ive done it for so long now its become second nature

pinkdrunkenelephants,

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

echodot,

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.

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