Mozilla Is Crowdsourcing Research into YouTube Recommendations

Re:Mozilla Is Crowdsourcing Research into YouTube Recommenda... by phreenet on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:42PM (#24508386)

Because of this, when I'm sent video links to watch I will open them up in a Private Window / Incognito so I do not pollute my account.

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Re:Mozilla Is Crowdsourcing Research into YouTube Recommenda... by boogies on Thursday September 17, 2020 @03:40PM (#24509028)

I never use non-private windows, so I use Invidious or mpv for this. I put

  control + alt + m
    notify-send "mpv loading $(xclip -o)"; mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui "$(xclip -o)" || notify-send 'mpv error'

in my ~/.config/sxhd/sxhkdrc to conveniently play any youtube-dl supported url I’ve copied or highlighted.

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Re:Mozilla Is Crowdsourcing Research into YouTube Recommenda... by dankerr on Thursday September 17, 2020 @03:56PM (#24509201)

Thank you for this tip, just added it to my sxhkdrc.

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Re:Mozilla Is Crowdsourcing Research into YouTube Recommenda... by MaxBarraclough on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:57AM (#24518379)

The main Invidious site just shut down, although various alternative Invidious sites still exist.

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Re:Mozilla Is Crowdsourcing Research into YouTube Recommenda... by foofoo4u on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:39PM (#24509703)

I set my browser to block all cookies. Has the same effect as private window mode. That way I can still browse youtube without having to open a new window. Yea, it sucks that I can no longer sign in, but at least the recommendations are better.

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