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another thing to mention, YOUTUBE. The search bar doesn't even do anything, it shows RECOMMENDATIONS instead of answers to the search.
Paying doesn't even stop that! It's actually maddening
type in before:2027 at the end of your search for a much more palatable experience
shouldn't that be before:2025 ?
no,i've been using before:2026 up until yesterday. the modifier strips the unrelated suggested content.
I see - I was wondering if it might be something like that. Thank you - I'll try to think of that - but since I clear my cookies every now and then and do not ever use an account, it might not be quite as needed for me.
I think he meant 2017 and the ingrained year of 2025 led to him typing it slightly wrong.
ah - that makes some sense.
How do you use the search bar in youtube? I put in topics or keywords, which seem to work just fine.
Are you putting in whole questions? I'm not sure the search function is designed to worked like that
I saw a cool video here once. Typed the EXACT title to YouTube (including caps in the right words) and it didn't show up. Only the big channels around that topic.
Personal rant that is still related, but not needed
Hell, I play trackmania turbo. Its still getting new videos from the community. 3-5 vidoes a week. Look it up, and some of the first results are a non-turbo player uploading 1 video 4 years ago. But since that channel is getting millions of videos, THAT video is promoted, not the fans still playing now.
Unlisted videos don't show up in the search as far as I know.
Even if i put the url for a specific video on my TV YouTube it doesn't find it.
Probably controversial but Youtube is my least favourite search because it doesn't tie in to your Google search at all. Like you search something on Google but YT doesn't know that so the results are completely different. I WANT it to be fed my normal search history for context, what even is the point of having an interconnected ecosystem and being logged in to Google? Otherwise I'd just stick to DDG
Every example of human interest profile targeting functionality that humanity has ever invented, even if it begins as a way of legitimately improving the user’s experience, eventually is gutted and retooled to cyberstalk and pimp them out to voyeuristic clients.
The clients? Mostly rich pay-per-view incel corporations that could never hope to reach their desired audience organically, much less hold their interest, so they are absolutely willing to pay for non-consentual attention control.
Once we reach this phase, your pimp has less and less interest in delivering on promises they made to you a long time ago about relevant content. They know you’ll keep giving them juicy data to help pair you with clients that they can prove have the best chance at manipulating you and getting what they want from you.
So yes, you’ll probably find that the convenience you could once purchase by giving them more of your data will slow. Ultimately, all it will purchase is more intrusive advertisers stalking you everywhere you go.
Your idea of sticking to DDG sounds like a better option
YouTube doesn't have a search bar. It's for requesting recommendations on the feed. Search an obscure singer once in your life? For the next 6 months he will be present in your feed.
If you need to do search you have to use newpipe or similar alternatives