A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.
  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radioEnglish
    57·
    8 months ago

    YouTube keeps making things worse.

    A few months ago they required that you have a watch history to display the homepage.

    This week they’re showing up next popups even when you have autoplay turned off.

    Using an Apple TV I probably watch more YouTube than any other platform and was given a gift of a premium subscription. It removed all ads, gave me YouTube music, but the shitty experiments continue and there’s no way to tell YouTube to sod off.

    I’ve yet to find an alternative, but I’m looking…

    • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      8 months ago

      A few months ago they required that you have a watch history to display the homepage.

      I’m actually glad for this change. I hated the random junk they always suggest on my homepage. I spent ages clicking on the menu on each video and selecting “don’t recommend this channel.” It took a few years, but I actually got a clean, empty homepage. Then they changed their website and all the videos came back. I had to start over, cleaning out my feed again.

      Now with this new change, my homepage is always clear. Thanks, YouTube!

      For the record, I only watch my subscriptions. If I learn about a new channel, it’s through another site/person recommending it. I don’t let YouTube recommend me stuff to watch. And I definitely don’t watch YouTube Shorts or whatever they call their vertical video nonsense.

      • hightrix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        8 months ago

        Same. I love it. I go to YouTube home page, see nothing, and then go on doing what I was going to do anyway. It is a nice update.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        63·
        8 months ago

        You might want to look in to FreeTube if you ‘only’ watch subscriptions. It currently only does subscriptions and play lists, and doesn’t use a google account, or any account if you want.

        You’d have a better experience than the browser ‘and’ google doesn’t get the metadata on what you’re subscribed to and watch. Win-win.

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      8 months ago

      I just use NewPipe. It gets rid of all the garbage.

      Though, you say you use an Apple TV, so I’m guessing you have an iPhone. In that case, you’re kind SOL until Apple allows side-loading.

      • TragicNotCute@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        8 months ago

        You’re out of luck for Apple TV, but not for iOS. I uninstalled YouTube from my phone and use Orion browser as my default now. It lets you install extensions from the Firefox or Chrome store, so I have ublock origin installed on my phone now and YouTube ads are gone.

    • LizEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Playeur has a few decent creators, but we could always encourage more to cross post.