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Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction

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106 points ambigious7777 | 3 comments | 18 May 25 11:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.618s | source
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openplatypus ◴[18 May 25 12:18 UTC] No.44020796[source]▶
Ha! So I am not alone. I thought it was just me as I have search history off and all privacy toggles switched to maximum off.

I was under impression that this was the reason all follow-ups/recommendations are just irrelevant rubbish.

But the sound of it, it is just a feature of modern YouTube.

Also side note: 3-4 years ago watching hardware reviews was fine on YT. Today it is a pulp of sponsored/biased reviews (disclosed or not). I give youtube 0 trust, on par with Amazon reviews.

Most of trusted creators already moved or double publish to Nebula.

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1. saretup ◴[18 May 25 12:30 UTC] No.44020889[source]▶
From my experience, YouTube recommendations on Apple TV suck compared to the home feed you get when you open YT on iOS. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened YouTube on mobile after a long time, it actually felt like what YouTube used to be with a wide variety of new and interesting videos (plus added shorts and posts).

I think Google needs to look into optimizing it better for those of us who prefer watching YouTube on TV.

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2. typeofhuman ◴[18 May 25 12:35 UTC] No.44020928[source]▶
More time is spent watching YouTube on TV than on mobile

https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-more-people-watch-tv-vs-mobi...

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3. Gigachad ◴[18 May 25 13:03 UTC] No.44021121[source]▶
I’ve noticed the stuff they show by platform is pretty different. On TV the home page is mostly 30-60 minute videos. While on my phone it’s mostly 5 minutes or YouTube shorts. So it’s not surprising TV usage is more when you watch much longer videos.