This is explained on this support answer
It's a thing on Revanced YT even if spoofing an old version. Applies to the web version as well now
This seems to be due to some new EU law ?
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Doesn't that make sense? How would they know what to recommend if they don't store the history of what you watch?
Yes I know it's bogus and they store it anyway - but just to humor the theory.
Maybe they can just ask you about what you want to watch?
Speaking of which, have you watched the movie yet? Pretty good right? ☺️
I feel like that defeats the purpose of automated recommendations, since you can still search for the videos (that you want to watch) and create playlists either way.