YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’ is turned off

Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by fooker on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:58AM (#37186576)

That seems reasonable.

If you don’t have a watch history, on what basis would YouTube suggest videos?

Maybe there’s a legal angle here too, good suggestions might prove that they store your history even when you have turned it off.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by megous on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:23AM (#37186702)

They can suggest videos popular in the users's location.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by psychphysic on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:35AM (#37186761)

I'd rather they don't.

It's always a girl playing guitar very well but you can see her nipples through the top and the camera is set to show you her panties up her skirt.

I don't trust myself not to click it every time.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by conradfr on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:24PM (#37191605)

There girls know what they are doing, who can resist guitar playing?

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by Ekaros on Saturday August 19, 2023 @06:09AM (#37187212)

Please just no. Just open youtube in new private window and see what content is suggested...

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by nullc on Saturday August 19, 2023 @05:41PM (#37193538)

Would rather not have a bunch of freaky gaping mouth sex doll faces showing up every time I open youtube.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by nullc on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:06AM (#37186619)

> on what basis would YouTube suggest videos?

Your subscriptions.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by o_m on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:19AM (#37186684)

If you just want videos from your subscriptions I recommend using RSS instead

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by Ekaros on Saturday August 19, 2023 @06:10AM (#37187219)

Or maybe the subscriptions page... Third option from top.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by chii on Saturday August 19, 2023 @11:58PM (#37195989)

that's not what they meant by recommendations from subscriptions.

The OP meant that youtube scans the videos that belong to the subscribed channels, and suggest more videos that have similarities in topic or idea, from different channels (that have not been subscribed).

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by nullc on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:02PM (#37204719)

Exactly.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by sir-g on Saturday August 19, 2023 @05:28PM (#37193408)

Liked Videos playlist

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by chii on Saturday August 19, 2023 @11:56PM (#37195980)

suggest it based on the user's subscriptions.

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Re:YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’... by max47 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @03:55PM (#37202425)

They could just show the same page you get if you aren’t logged in.

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