YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off

I already use a Chrome extension that blocks videos on the homepage, the recommended/similar videos sidebar, the comments, and thumbnails...

Improves my experience at least 400%...

So since when is the YouTube home feed a feature that requires watch or search history? It's hard enough as it is to find interesting new things if history is on, because the goal for the algorithm is to present something relatable to me.

All social media really does is to isolate people by not showing alternative points of view on the world.

I was just about to ask why Youtube is no longer show the usual recommendations when you watch a couple of videos on desktop without login, I guess this is a way to force users to login?

Excellent! I'd be ecstatic if the YouTube homepage had nothing but a search box.

Waiting for the mandatory iris scanning and eye tracking software. Already at the point of hiding the ratings of terrible content and drinking verification can.

Why not just show your subscription feed instead?

Mildly annoying, but probably a boon for my attention span

They aren't going to succeed in forcing me to turn on history

Fine with me!