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Why Youtube's recommendations are now days are weird and possible solutions to the issues (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world
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[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've been doing this for a couple years, since recommendations became useless. At least 50% of recommendations are things I've already seen (and I do have history turned on). I also use SmartTubeNext, which let's me filter out shorts.

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SmartTube is so much better than the official app. Same for Revanced

[–] afunkysongaday@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

and NewPipe and FreeTube.