Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse

Re:Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse by brezelgoring on Friday October 28, 2022 @11:01AM (#33372227)

I read here in HN (whatever that means to you) that Product Owners in the Youtube team have an incentive to improve certain metrics if they ever want to be promoted.

I can imagine a "Watch Later" product owner thinking that if he removes a certain control, he can game the stats and say the feature is seeing more use - securing his promotion.

We see this in public administration all the time, no reason to think private enterprise would be any different.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse by conductr on Friday October 28, 2022 @11:34AM (#33372752)

Tend to agree. Given the actor, I'd bet they want you to search multiple times instead of search once and play with filters. They want you to feel lost so you are forced to search.

Having written that, I realize my YT usage is fairly low on search and I feel myself being forced towards it more and more in recent months/years.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse by pas on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:05PM (#33373275)

okay, but who owns filters and search and whatnot? nobody? oh, okay.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse by ricardobayes on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:50PM (#33373967)

I wonder how do product owners get assigned to features, in this case. Is it 'musical chairs'? Or at random?

[ Parent | on HN ]