YouTube disables the front page without history enabled.
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I don't understand the logic behind this. Yes, if the history is turned off, they can't tailor recommendations for you. Doesn't that give them carte blanche to just serve up whatever they want, like some kind of default profile of trends/propaganda? Haven't they already been doing that?
Actually it sounds like the opposite.
The frontpage has always been chock full of propaganda channels that they push. Fun fact: here in Germany (probably all of Europe and I think Canada enacted a similar law) they even have to push state-run media channels by law.
The recommendations in the sidebar have always been more in line with what you actually watch (although on rare occasions they still sneak some late night propagandist in there).