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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 18:37:23 JST Eugen Rochko

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   Anyone else's YouTube home page suddenly full of giant thumbnails and channels you've never heard of before? It suddenly became almost completely unusable.

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     Thomas (tommy@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 18:38:52 JST Thomas

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     @Gargron Yes. Glad it's not just me.

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     Kai Kubasta (zichy@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 18:40:45 JST Kai Kubasta

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     @Gargron Mine’s pretty usable.

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 18:42:04 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Feyter

     @feyter I am signed in.

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     Feyter (feyter@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 18:42:05 JST Feyter

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     @Gargron are you not signed in? I'm always shocked what nonsense is the standard suggestion if the service doesn't know who you are...

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     Steve Sebban, CSI (stevesebban@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 18:59:57 JST Steve Sebban, CSI

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     @Gargron Got that for a few days on Apple TV. It was ugly, unusable and full of bugs. It reverted back to the usual size after a few days.

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     Cat West (catawu@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 19:05:20 JST Cat West

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     @Gargron Yup…. And hard to find the channels I subscribe to.

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     Chris Lowles (chrislowles@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 19:05:20 JST Chris Lowles

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     @Gargron Might be an A/B test, mines still (relatively) relevant

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     Primetime (primetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 19:05:34 JST Primetime

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     @Gargron Stuff like this is the reason I use Newpipe. I only see my subs.

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     Kailas Idavanmuzhi (saliaku@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 19:40:59 JST Kailas Idavanmuzhi

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     @Gargron I use extension to disable yr homepage in browser. I get redirected to my subscription page whenever I open YouTube. In phone am using newpipe

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     Bodo Tasche (bitboxer@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 20:02:20 JST Bodo Tasche

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     @Gargron i use a plugin that hides all recommendation features and only shows me my subscribed channels. Way better for my ocd 😅

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     Five Element Ninja (fiveelementninja@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 21:43:59 JST Five Element Ninja

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     @Gargron Yeah I have the giant, low-res thumbnails too. It's awful.

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     Mike LaBonte (mikelabonte@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 21:59:44 JST Mike LaBonte

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     @Gargron data point from someone with YouTube watch history turned off: nothing changed, home page is still blank except for the suggestion I turn watch history back on.

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     Enea Lecas (enea90@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 22:59:55 JST Enea Lecas

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     @Gargron I have been using YouTube for years with the "Unhook YouTube" plugin, that blocks the video recommendations. This plugin is such a life-savior, it saves so much mental energy. That way, when I want to watch something, I am the one who decides what to.
     That being said, as someone that got started uploading videos on PeerTube, I hope that YouTube's bright days are something of the past, and that its alternatives will go grow in significance.

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     Jim Jones (greatbigtable@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Apr-2025 23:09:22 JST Jim Jones

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     @Gargron I turn off watch history and only use my subscribed list. Turning off watch history seems to "break" youtube's homepage. You don't get algorithmic suggests and instead get a banner asking you to turn back on watch history.

     I just scroll down on my subscribed list and work my way up on videos that I may or may not want to watch.

     If I am feeling organized, I do that, but add the videos to a watch queue and work my way through that (removing as I watch).

     Much better experience.

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     Bobbly (the_bobbly@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Apr-2025 06:13:31 JST Bobbly

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     @Gargron Why be upset over the poorly named discovery page? Switch to the subscription page. That's where your subscriptions are.