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Do people generally just watch YouTube recommendations? Literally my entire usage of YouTube has been looking for something in particular (how tos or whatever) or I have a large amount of channels I'm subscribed to that I go look at their channel specifically for any new content I want to watch.
I only ever go straight to the Subscriptions page. I've got enough good quality channels to keep me entertained for long enough. I'll occasionally check out a new channel form the suggestions on the sidebar, and I've found enough good new ones that way to keep me doing it, but it's not a frequent occurrence. The thing I like about these services is that you can curate whatever experience you like by being sufficiently selective with what you click on, and the more you click on good quality stuff, the more stuff like that it'll show you.
For that usage pattern, I recommend the Freetube app to block Google from spying.
Lol I have paid for yt prem (for yt music too) for a while, but I do use FreeTube on my Linux laptop still lol
I have a roommate that watches YouTube like that. He was out of work for a long time and basically watched YouTube all day. I saw him finish videos and click on a recommended one.
Naturally he'll say the craziest shit sometimes but most people around us are the same. It really sucks and I can't wait to move out of this living situation.
I mean, yeah man that’s literally how 95% of people under 30 watch YouTube.