A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.
  • Onno (VK6FLAB)English
    57•3 months ago

    YouTube keeps making things worse.

    A few months ago they required that you have a watch history to display the homepage.

    This week they’re showing up next popups even when you have autoplay turned off.

    Using an Apple TV I probably watch more YouTube than any other platform and was given a gift of a premium subscription. It removed all ads, gave me YouTube music, but the shitty experiments continue and there’s no way to tell YouTube to sod off.

    I’ve yet to find an alternative, but I’m looking…

    • cobysevEnglish
      23•3 months ago

      A few months ago they required that you have a watch history to display the homepage.

      I’m actually glad for this change. I hated the random junk they always suggest on my homepage. I spent ages clicking on the menu on each video and selecting “don’t recommend this channel.” It took a few years, but I actually got a clean, empty homepage. Then they changed their website and all the videos came back. I had to start over, cleaning out my feed again.

      Now with this new change, my homepage is always clear. Thanks, YouTube!

      For the record, I only watch my subscriptions. If I learn about a new channel, it’s through another site/person recommending it. I don’t let YouTube recommend me stuff to watch. And I definitely don’t watch YouTube Shorts or whatever they call their vertical video nonsense.

      • @[email protected]English
        10•3 months ago

        Same. I love it. I go to YouTube home page, see nothing, and then go on doing what I was going to do anyway. It is a nice update.

    • JeenaEnglish
      5•3 months ago

      On Android TV I’m using SmartTube with Sponsor Block.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•3 months ago

      I just use NewPipe. It gets rid of all the garbage.

      Though, you say you use an Apple TV, so I’m guessing you have an iPhone. In that case, you’re kind SOL until Apple allows side-loading.

      • TragicNotCuteEnglish
        6•3 months ago

        You’re out of luck for Apple TV, but not for iOS. I uninstalled YouTube from my phone and use Orion browser as my default now. It lets you install extensions from the Firefox or Chrome store, so I have ublock origin installed on my phone now and YouTube ads are gone.

    • LizEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      Playeur has a few decent creators, but we could always encourage more to cross post.