YSK: You can still see recommendations feed in Youtube with History turned off

Why YSK: There is a recent update in Youtube that force user to turn on history to see videos in recommendation/home tab. You can get over it by turning the history version ON and then watch a video and make sure it’s shown in the History tab. And now you can turn off the History and you will still see the recommendations/home feed loaded with videos. So the key is to not clear your watch history in Youtube if you already have one and then you can keep history turned ON/OFF as per you needed.

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lapislazuli, 9 months ago

Joke’s on them, I don’t want Youtube recommendations anyway. I just search for the stuff I want and subscribe to the channels I like. Besides, I’ve made my Youtube front page blank with CSS to avoid all the spam.

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Snipe_AT, 9 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

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SmoothSurfer, 9 months ago

Recommendation algorithm does not only consider your watch history. There are other factors.

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jtk, 9 months ago

Then does it use just that one video as a base for all recommendations? Either way, I hope they never fix this vast improvement, it made me realize what I already knew deep down, I hate algorithmically generate feeds with a fucking passion.

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pineapplelover, 9 months ago

Yeah I’ve been using Newpipe and Libretube and they work like RSS feeds. No algorithm whatsoever.

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Izzy, 9 months ago

Probably not because the home feed has existed without issue for years with my history turned off. This change only exists to convince people to turn their history on. I don’t know why they even need our permission rather than just removing it as an option to have it off, but I’m glad I can.

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