this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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It's a combination of both. Google pushes people into watching random shit rather than a curated feed of their subscriptions. It didn't used to be this way. YT used to reward subscribers heavily but now creators are dependent on the algo for ~50% of their traffic.