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YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

ever since they stopped allowing people whose history was turned off to get recommendations on the front page.

How do you expect to get recommendations with no watch history?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

They still build recommendations even if you're not logged in, you can see them in the sidebar after you load a video. Imo they only removed them from the homepage to try convincing people to log in or create account, it's all about increasing user numbers, ad engagement, and data collection these days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They can base the recommendations on your subscriptions.