YouTube is running an experiment asking some users to disable their ad blockers or pay for a premium subscription, or they will not be allowed to watch videos.
I’d be much happier to pay if I could ensure I don’t get personalized recommendations and I could use it with yt-dlp. I can probably opt out of personalized recommendations, but I haven’t checked yet because I don’t use youtube through its main interface much.
What really irritates me is that I pay for YouTube TV because it’s the cheapest option out of all “cable-like” plans, and yet I am not allowed any benefits on actual YouTube. It’s ridiculous that I am already paying well over the premium amount so why do I have to watch more ads?
I’d be much happier to pay if I could ensure I don’t get personalized recommendations and I could use it with yt-dlp. I can probably opt out of personalized recommendations, but I haven’t checked yet because I don’t use youtube through its main interface much.
What really irritates me is that I pay for YouTube TV because it’s the cheapest option out of all “cable-like” plans, and yet I am not allowed any benefits on actual YouTube. It’s ridiculous that I am already paying well over the premium amount so why do I have to watch more ads?
What’s so bad about personalized recommendations? I think they’re amazing.
A lot of people have reported that they get recommendations drilling down the alt-right / Nazi pipeline after watching leftist content.
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