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?
They probably just don't do much to enable users who turn off history. Either there aren't enough of them, or they are users they don't like.
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).
None of this is true.
I got banned from all YouTube comment sections for telling the truth before I knew Reddit existed. Not sure if that was 2018? After DJT got elected anyway.
I get related videos based on what I've watched anyway. Perhaps more random stuff than if I had an account to log in to, but it's still pretty personalized.
I can't watch an age restricted video, which I find hilarious.
I just tested their homepage just to see. This was in the top 5:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=niiF8hCSrYQ
What Yuri Bezmenov didn't tell you.
They know what I've been watching! Lol.