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by saretup 395 days ago
From my experience, YouTube recommendations on Apple TV suck compared to the home feed you get when you open YT on iOS. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened YouTube on mobile after a long time, it actually felt like what YouTube used to be with a wide variety of new and interesting videos (plus added shorts and posts).

I think Google needs to look into optimizing it better for those of us who prefer watching YouTube on TV.
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typeofhuman 395 days ago
More time is spent watching YouTube on TV than on mobile

https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-more-people-watch-tv-vs-mobi...

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kenny11 395 days ago
If that's the case, it's surprising they keep pushing Shorts so hard on the Apple TV app, because watching vertical Shorts videos on a TV is a uniquely terrible experience.
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Gigachad 395 days ago
I’ve noticed the stuff they show by platform is pretty different. On TV the home page is mostly 30-60 minute videos. While on my phone it’s mostly 5 minutes or YouTube shorts. So it’s not surprising TV usage is more when you watch much longer videos.
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