A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.
  • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    7 months ago

    A few months ago they required that you have a watch history to display the homepage.

    I’m actually glad for this change. I hated the random junk they always suggest on my homepage. I spent ages clicking on the menu on each video and selecting “don’t recommend this channel.” It took a few years, but I actually got a clean, empty homepage. Then they changed their website and all the videos came back. I had to start over, cleaning out my feed again.

    Now with this new change, my homepage is always clear. Thanks, YouTube!

    For the record, I only watch my subscriptions. If I learn about a new channel, it’s through another site/person recommending it. I don’t let YouTube recommend me stuff to watch. And I definitely don’t watch YouTube Shorts or whatever they call their vertical video nonsense.

    • hightrix@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      7 months ago

      Same. I love it. I go to YouTube home page, see nothing, and then go on doing what I was going to do anyway. It is a nice update.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      7 months ago

      You might want to look in to FreeTube if you ‘only’ watch subscriptions. It currently only does subscriptions and play lists, and doesn’t use a google account, or any account if you want.

      You’d have a better experience than the browser ‘and’ google doesn’t get the metadata on what you’re subscribed to and watch. Win-win.