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YouTube will soon require watch history to be enabled to show video suggestions
(support.google.com)
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this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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They did the opposite and shoved a pointless shorts section in the middle of your subscription page so you can't see what you actually want to look at.
I know I’ll catch shit for this but I kinda don’t mind shorts. Sometimes I don’t have anything specific to watch and I just wanna waste 10 mins…
The content quality varies wildly and it doesn’t seem to have a very good algorithm but it succeeds in helping me burn 5-10 mins while I’m waiting on someone or something.
I think YouTube expects people to burn hours on it like TikTok but I don’t see that happening.
That's what I use lemmy for.
Still, it sucks that they're pushing them so hard on everyone. I tried to see the appeal, but I can't stomach short form content at all. I get whiplash!
I don't mind them existing either. My issue is with how they show up in the subscription feed now. I'd prefer separate feeds for shorts.