Think about it, Google Maps is (I think) the biggest collection of map data and information on locations everywhere around the world, yet I don’t want an advertising company knowing that I just went to a fast food place.

YouTube is an endless trove of video content that anyone can contribute to, yet I’d much rather not give an advertiser information on every little interest that I have in video.

It’s so bad for you, but it’s so good.

  • SlymeOPEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    Yikes… I hope you find your way out of that hole, maybe starting over may help? I know seperate channels on the same account have different recommended pages, so that might work.

    • 001100 010010English
      6•1 year ago

      I am not even logged in. I clear my entire browser every day and youtube still tries to shove propaganda. I use Firefox + uBlock Origin on Android. Seems like if you dont use an account, they just show what the average person watches, which is apparantly right wing shit.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏English
        3•1 year ago

        Ouch. On desktop I use YouTube in a logged out container tab - after watching a LTT and TLE video my feed usually falls in line.

        There is occasionally some disturbing stuff on the homepage which is a little offputting. Funny thing is, in NewPipe on my phone I see no such content!

        • 001100 010010English
          2•1 year ago

          I dont think the suggestions are even based on history, its just the default “trending” page. Well its not like that every day, sometimes I get random news, like submarine implosion, but often it’s just cringy shit like minecraft challenges, something something sniperwolf, reaction videos, “life hacks”, nothing meaningful, then you get bad days when its hyper political stuff.

          At this point I have been ignoreing the default trending videos for many years, I only search channels I like, such as science channels, tech, gaming.