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In the case of YouTube, only after a few results they become completely unrelated to my search.

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[–] soratoyuki@piefed.zip 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's so bad. I keep searching topics on YouTube and getting 3-4 results before YouTube starts recommending videos based on past searches or past watched videos. Like, excuse me YouTube, what the fuck? You search what I tell you to search.

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

All the categories seems wildly divorced from what’s actually in them and half the time the category only suggests two videos… to me it feels like YouTube decides what you watch, today your suggestions are 90% old music videos, tomorrow a bunch of random machining videos, next day fail videos, rinse and repeat - obviously it’s based on your interests not mine but I’m sure everyone is having the same shitty experience

Yep. And to think we lost Songza to Google Music. To YouTube music. To YouTube.