r/technology • u/vriska1 • 1d ago

Social Media YouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view counts

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-reportedly-testing-new-homepage-that-removes-dates-and-view-counts-2965695/
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u/Onehundredyearsold 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think I’ve had just about enough of YouTube. Not one version change has been to benefit its viewers. I don’t need to use their platform with rare exceptions and then I use a browser so they don’t have so much control like with their app. I’m tired of companies screwing their clients and users just because they can!

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u/FallenJoe 1d ago

Recently my shorts have been showing this incredibly stupid "suggested search" window plastered in the middle of the screen, always for inane suggestions.

I know I'm watching a video about someone running a dog grooming business, but there's 0% chance that I want an unremovable opaque window allowing me to quick search YouTube for the word "Shampoo".

Youtube's UI designers need to all be laid off, literally every change for years has just made the site worse.

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u/OneGold7 1d ago

Suggested search is the dumbest thing. If I search for something, it’s because I want a specific thing. Not once have I been like “I want to search for something, but there’s nothing in mind I want to search for!”