Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by cobbaut on Saturday May 13, 2023 @05:46AM
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> I'm not paying for anything until they remove the "this is the bubble we have prepared for you" recommendation algorithm.
Indeed, and what bothers me most is that it is "one" bubble. I wish there was a selection of tags to choose what mood I am in. Sometimes I only want math and science suggestions, sometimes I want to watch 3Dprinting or FreeCAD video's and other times I just want to discover some music. But Youtube mixes these three different moods together (even though I never play music on Youtube in the morning, nor watch math video's in the late evening).
Please Youtube, let me choose my current 'bubble'.
Re:YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers
by conradkay on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:19PM
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The ios app lets you do that at least. At the top of the Home Screen I can choose “podcast”, “history” etc though within those it’s still recommendation based.
Indeed, and what bothers me most is that it is "one" bubble. I wish there was a selection of tags to choose what mood I am in. Sometimes I only want math and science suggestions, sometimes I want to watch 3Dprinting or FreeCAD video's and other times I just want to discover some music. But Youtube mixes these three different moods together (even though I never play music on Youtube in the morning, nor watch math video's in the late evening). Please Youtube, let me choose my current 'bubble'.