When I open YouTube these days, it’s mostly a mess. Sure, the videos they recommend me to watch vaguely resemble the type of content I’m interested in. But for the most part, I scroll past most of the noise until I see something half-way decent to click on. More often than not, the videos I enjoy watching most on YouTube are the ones I seek out myself, either through search or from channels I’m subscribed to.YouTube is changing the way its home page works—at least for some of us. You might log in one day and see nothing but a search bar, blank space, and a message: Your watch history is off. Disabling watch history will improve your YouTube experienceAs reported by The Verge, YouTube is removing home page recommendations for anyone with a paused watch history, as well as those who “have no significant prior watch history.” If you meet those qualifications, your YouTube home page will look pretty bare. You better know what you want to watch, because YouTube sure won’t recommend anything to you. Good. You don’t need another algorithm in your life watching everything you do and attempting to keep you engaged by serving you targeted
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You Should Turn Off Your YouTube Watch History – Lifehacker
