Where? How? I get a totally blank home screen. If I subscribe to some channels, then manually go to subscriptions, it just shows new videos from those channels.
When I watch a video, then I get related other videos under that. Those seem reasonably related, but only a few usually successfully attract my attention.
It might matter what kind of content the initial video was. My subscriptions currently include Usagi Electric, Maggie May Fish, Rick Beato, EEVblog, Primagen, James Hoffman, and several more vintage tech like Adrain Black and Techmoan.
Back before they blanked out the home screen, my home screen did often have sssniperwolf and mr beast even though I never watch those. This was still with history turned off, just before a year or so ago the home screen still had content regardless of history.
Now those kinds of things never show up in the related recommendations following either a subscription or a manually searched video. Well I presume if I manually searched for mr beast I would get them attached to that.
Anyway I was mostly just taking a shot at YT for trying to coerce people into turning on history by making the experience, which I pay for, worse.
I can safely say they want history on, not just because the obvious we all just know it, but also because they say it themselves. In place the previous screen full of videos, now it always shows a message that is not only an active suggestion to turn history on, it's even worded like it's an error that you need fix. Every time. No concept of "yes, thank you, I have already intentiinally declined your kind offer. I didn't forget from 8 minutes ago, and after 15 years I didn't change my mind either." No, it just hits you with that front and center action item every. single. time. Maybe the 8341st time will be the one!
They are doing the simple math of it's free and effortless to make the machine say that infinite times, but each user has to spend a little effort to go around it every time they use the service. They win by pure attrition some percent of the time.
I agree with most of what you said. For me though, it's really hard to go to YouTube without wasting at least an hour. That's why I built this app. So far, it's working great for me. I've added my favorite channels into different lists based on categories and set up weekly reminders for all of them. For example, every Friday evening at 7 PM, I get an email about the latest videos from Veritasium, 3Blue1Brown, Mark Rober, Ben Eater, Steve Mould, SmarterEveryDay, and Tom Scott. This way, I don't feel the urge to go to YouTube and lose track of time.
Brian_K_White|1 year ago
When I watch a video, then I get related other videos under that. Those seem reasonably related, but only a few usually successfully attract my attention.
It might matter what kind of content the initial video was. My subscriptions currently include Usagi Electric, Maggie May Fish, Rick Beato, EEVblog, Primagen, James Hoffman, and several more vintage tech like Adrain Black and Techmoan.
Back before they blanked out the home screen, my home screen did often have sssniperwolf and mr beast even though I never watch those. This was still with history turned off, just before a year or so ago the home screen still had content regardless of history.
Now those kinds of things never show up in the related recommendations following either a subscription or a manually searched video. Well I presume if I manually searched for mr beast I would get them attached to that.
Anyway I was mostly just taking a shot at YT for trying to coerce people into turning on history by making the experience, which I pay for, worse.
I can safely say they want history on, not just because the obvious we all just know it, but also because they say it themselves. In place the previous screen full of videos, now it always shows a message that is not only an active suggestion to turn history on, it's even worded like it's an error that you need fix. Every time. No concept of "yes, thank you, I have already intentiinally declined your kind offer. I didn't forget from 8 minutes ago, and after 15 years I didn't change my mind either." No, it just hits you with that front and center action item every. single. time. Maybe the 8341st time will be the one!
They are doing the simple math of it's free and effortless to make the machine say that infinite times, but each user has to spend a little effort to go around it every time they use the service. They win by pure attrition some percent of the time.
sarmadgulzar|1 year ago