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YT is a drug pusher. In the worse of ways

I notice that the moment I watch a video slightly "off center" it goes full slippery slope on my recommendations. No kidding

"Ah but this is what it should do". No, it shouldn't

To not give a political example, this is like chasing and knocking on people's doors at dinner time with a full McD meal because you had a frozen yogurt in the afternoon

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That's a poor analogy. You're going to the website, it's not coming to you, and you're given recommendations, not having them load and play the videos for you automatically. This is more like you buy a frozen yogurt at McDonald's in the afternoon, and when you return to McDonald's, the cashier asks if you'd like a McFlurry this time, and maybe to try a Big Mac combo?

> not having them load and play the videos for you automatically

Well, but YT does exactly that with Autoplay (and the recommendations are based on the last video seen)

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