[euroderf]

> The things I watch on YouTube, I generally have zero interest in watching again, and if I really want to, then I'll find it in my history.

There's an exception to this that I suspect is not uncommon: there's music one likes to listen to when one is chill/buzzed; having to poke into (or worse: dig thru) one's watching history is a procedure-intensive buzzkill.

> (where there is no clear indication if you've seen before it or not)

This is definitely a bug not a feature. But if the music that one evidently likes to hear and re-hear is posted prominently (based on the time of day, say) AND flagged as such, that's a feature not a bug.

[__del__]

youtube is clearly able to treat music tracks differently from ordinary videos. its android app won't allow you to play music in the background (a dark pattern driving sales of youtube music premium subscriptions)

[winternett]

A huge problem is that YT allows users to enter their own hashtags, which turns into a complete cluster of spammy tag use, They also allow users to upload their own thumbnails, instead of only using actual thumbnails from the videos, which also feeds bias.

There are very clear solutions to problems on the platform, they just choose the wrong direction so much because it feed their constant need to increase YOY profit, and it's annoying users off the platform.

An empty home page is not a good idea at all, and it forces users into opting into tracking, which is not kosher, and likely going to become a legal issue if anyone authoritative is doing their job any more.

[karmakurtisaani]

Using PlayTube allows playing music in the background. It works reasonably well too.

[rasz]

document.querySelector('meta[itemprop=genre]')?.content

[BizarroLand]

How about an on screen slider that says, "New to Me" which would turn off previously viewed videos when on.

If that was a paid subscriber only option that one thing would be enough to get me to subscribe.