[bityard]

> Recommendations are hugely influenced by what you watched very recently.

Ah, well, I don't know that I fully agree.

I watch channels that are people building things, repairing tools, or goofing around in an easy-going way without a lot of product placement or sponsored content.

And yet, all of the recommendations I get are either sponsored unboxing videos with AI voiceovers or click-baity channels with ugly reaction faces in the video thumbnails. I guess those probably make more money for Google.

[unclad5968]

I suspect ad revenue isn't good for maker/hacker type videos. I watch a lot of woodworking and cnc projects, and I mostly get the kind of recommendations you're talking about