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From my experience, YouTube recommendations on Apple TV suck compared to the home feed you get when you open YT on iOS. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened YouTube on mobile after a long time, it actually felt like what YouTube used to be with a wide variety of new and interesting videos (plus added shorts and posts).

I think Google needs to look into optimizing it better for those of us who prefer watching YouTube on TV.

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More time is spent watching YouTube on TV than on mobile

https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-more-people-watch-tv-vs-mobi...

I’ve noticed the stuff they show by platform is pretty different. On TV the home page is mostly 30-60 minute videos. While on my phone it’s mostly 5 minutes or YouTube shorts. So it’s not surprising TV usage is more when you watch much longer videos.

If that's the case, it's surprising they keep pushing Shorts so hard on the Apple TV app, because watching vertical Shorts videos on a TV is a uniquely terrible experience.

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