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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by NAHWheatCracker on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:30AM (#42698415)
I think what you describe is what infecto was saying. You can't use YouTube to find interesting content anymore. You can only use it to find more of what you've already seen. In the past, it was better at unearthing new things.

Personally, I added uBlock filters so the home page is empty and recommended videos aren't shown. I only ever go to subscriptions now.

Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by xoxxala on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:02PM (#42700080)
Similarly, I use Unhook because it gives me fine control over what YT displays. I now find YT to be completely unusable without it.
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by rendaw on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:41AM (#42699703)
It doesn't even show me more of what I've already seen, half the sidebar is videos I've already watched (or watched halfway before dropping, with a helpful indicator of my lack of progress). Like, "we see you like video X, why don't you watch video X today?" Thanks, I already have bookmarks.
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by OJFord on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:07AM (#42698977)
> I added uBlock filters so the home page is empty and recommended videos aren't shown. I only ever go to subscriptions now.

There's a setting to turn it off, no need for uBlock filters for that

Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by NAHWheatCracker on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:31PM (#42700612)
It's the hammer I have and it works on those nails, hah.
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by OJFord on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:20PM (#42702370)
Fair enough, just FYI. I couldn't be bothered to set that up on mobile personally; nice thing about the account setting is it will apply everywhere then (assuming logged in).
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by gobeavs on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @03:24PM (#42703323)
What setting is this? I'd love to disable the home page but I haven't seen any setting for it
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @03:48PM (#42703629)
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by gobeavs on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:46PM (#42707416)
Ah, I wanted a setting explicitly. I'd like to preserve my watch history, i only want to disable the home and recommendations.