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Re:Gmail AI gets more intrusive by jimmyl02 on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:51PM (#45850303)
if it increases topline metrics like watch time it's probably hard for them to justify removing it. a change this big seems like it was probably a/b tested and did move metrics significantly?
Re:Gmail AI gets more intrusive by cedilla on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:59PM (#45850374)
Probably. We keep watching all kind of stuff after getting baited into it. AI slob is annoying, but we do want to know what chefs do about sticky pizza dough, or what that secret in the pyramids is, or how the kid reacted to what the cat did, or (insert your guilty pleasure here).
Re:Gmail AI gets more intrusive by xp84 on Friday November 07, 2025 @04:35PM (#45851384)
on some platforms I try to be really good about hitting the "Never recommend this channel/page/whatever again" whenever the algo serves me the bottom-tier gutter trash videos, such as the "idiotic life hack that obviously won't work" engagement bait. It's a small drop in the ocean, but at least that one channel will never be served to me again.