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Hey Google, go fuck yourself entirely (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I feel like this might be blasphemous around here, but I actually like being logged in and getting tailored algorithmic suggestions on YouTube. Unlike most people it seems to know my interests pretty well.

[–] manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 10 points 1 year ago

I’m with you on this one. Although it seems like a slippery slope, I’d like to see some of the alternatives give you the same sort of algorithm (on an opt-in basis of course)

[–] DieterParker@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. I really like my newpipe, but the sheer amount of unfiltered fuckface influencer bullshit videos 'currently trending' on it's frontpage is more disgusting than any algorithmic youtube bubble will ever be.

[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

These frontends need to introduce a preferred-startpage feature that enables setting Subscriptions as the default. I'd be interested to know from others if there's any technical hurdle, because I'm surprised it's not already available.

[–] DieterParker@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'd dig a integration of youtube subscription manager.

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had one warhammer video autoplay and now all of my recomendations and autoplayed videos are warhammer videos. I have no interest in warhammer.

[–] oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you can go onto your youtube history, search for that video and remove it from your history, and it will stop influencing your recommendations.

every now and then i watch a video about a topic i'm not really interested in except for that one video, and then had to remove it from history.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

It doesn't do that for me, it'll sprinkle related videos in my suggestions but overwhelmingly my suggestions stay similar to what I had before and I just scroll past the videos I am not interested in much and marking uninterested on anything which I'll never watch

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I have autopay disabled which probably helps. I also use YouTube too much so it quickly picks up when I never tap a video of a certain topic.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most Invidious instances allow you to sign up for an account on the instance to subscribe to people and track your history. Alternatively, I use the FreeTube app on computers I control for "watching TV". It can track and transfer your subscriptions and history locally if you choose to use those features.

I still get recommended videos next to watched ones from both services. For those who see that as a negative, I think FreeTube allows you to hide any YouTube elements you don't want to see.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Oh? Maybe I'll look into it then. I've found some of my favourite channels from suggestion in my feed.