> You realize that you're just complaining "they" are not using your data well enough. You certainly can't realistically sort through youtube yourself, nor can you realistically find what you need on Amazon.

This implies that I need to be nannied by Google or Amazon in order to use their websites.

Somehow, I doubt that.

> Fact is you cannot use these sites realistically without these algorithms. It just can't be done.

There was a point, not very long ago, where these websites had no, or naive, recommendation systems. Search functionality was based on strict to fuzzy keyword matching.

Both YouTube and Amazon were infinitely less frustrating to use back then.