[benabbottnz]

I’ve had watch history disabled for years, and the suggested videos were always perfectly fine.

Now I have zero ability to discover new channels, and already my engagement is much lower since I’m limited to what I’m subscribed to, or whatever random search query I make.

My YouTube experience is significantly degraded now.

Fortunately, they appear to have created more interfaces for mass deleting old comments and likes / dislikes, so I’ve been utilising that too.

I look forward to seeing what else they punish me for, for using the settings and tools they provide.

[rgoulter]

If you want recommendations based on the content you enjoy watching, YouTube still displays recommendations beside videos (even with watch history turned off).

If you want to see a list of videos unrelated to your subscriptions, you have the options of looking at Trending videos, or videos under Gaming, Music, News, Sports.

(...And of course, if you do want recommendations on the home page, you have the option to re-enable watch history and get those).

I don't agree that "zero ability to discover new channels" is a reasonable description of the options someone has with watch history disabled.

[kevin_thibedeau]

I don't subscribe to anything and never use YouTube from a session that's logged into Google. Now all I see is the default vapid millennial influencer dreck that used to disappear after I watched some of my preferred content.