It's not just YouTube. One of the dirty, dirty secrets is that since about 1920, all of Western marketing has been based on subconscious manipulation. Look up Bernays ("The Century of the Self" is a good place to start) and how he radically changed marketing.
The shapes on colors of packaging are chosen to pander to your mind, scents are added to the store AC system to please your nose (ever notice how every single store in a chain smells exactly the same?), music is pumped in that is chosen to put you in a certain frame of mind (80s and 90s kids, remember "mall jazz"?). And then all of our entertainment media takes part, too.
It's not just YouTube. One of the dirty, dirty secrets is that since about 1920, all of Western marketing has been based on subconscious manipulation. Look up Bernays ("The Century of the Self" is a good place to start) and how he radically changed marketing.
The shapes on colors of packaging are chosen to pander to your mind, scents are added to the store AC system to please your nose (ever notice how every single store in a chain smells exactly the same?), music is pumped in that is chosen to put you in a certain frame of mind (80s and 90s kids, remember "mall jazz"?). And then all of our entertainment media takes part, too.