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0 pointsNasrudith5y ago0 comments

I tried logged out youtube without initalization and the value just plain wasn't there. Even a bad day for it was far superior to the generic mass market lowest common denominator schlock. Which I suppose demonstrates why old media lost.

Their approach was rather one size fits most with many lowest common denominator. Discovery is a damn useful service which is kind of obvious in retrospect with reviewers and guides being something people pay for.

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whywhywhywhy5y ago

I can't stand algorithmic timelines, obsessively keep Twitter on latest mode even when it automatically tries to trick you back with the "You're back home" nonsense.

Never thought I'd be one of those people but I'm ashamed to say YouTube had got me now, think it's a combination that it just seems to really know what you'd enjoy watching and the fact the default logged out versions content is so painfully bad that I'd never want to engage with that version of YouTube anyway.

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