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YouTube has changed how it works for people not signed into Google account or using incoginto mode, and it's not showing suggested videos anymore. This change, which is being tested with some random users, shows a very simple YouTube homepage without any videos or tips on what to watch.

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[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 75 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good actually. I sometimes go incognito when I don't want my watch history to be saved and man the recommendations I get without signed in are fucking eye cancer.

[–] Confound4082@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You dont like getting recommended some 24 hour anime jazz video along side 15 Mr. Beast videos?

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Or SSSniperWolf.

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 8 points 8 months ago

How can he get his rage out tho

It's a rule that the post has to be a bad thing.

It says right here in the ru-

Wait a minute, he's right. Ain't no rule says a post has to be a bad thing!

[–] xor@infosec.pub 1 points 8 months ago

if by "this" you mean your comment, it's bad that you assume all information is intended to be a complaint, whereas this isn't and is actually slightly positive...
although just barely positive...

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Good. Only time i use YT I'm already looking for something specific. I dunno tho, does this suck for people using YT another way? I haven't changed my Internet habits in a long time