<story><title>Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations</title><url>https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kbenson</author><text>Honestly, that&amp;#x27;s where I get some of the most use out of YouTube, the recommended videos main page.  Sometimes I&amp;#x27;m annoyed they aren&amp;#x27;t showing me enough variation based on my subscriptions and past likes.  I&amp;#x27;m not sure why I&amp;#x27;d want this.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I&amp;#x27;m watching a technical presentation&amp;#x2F;talk by someone and I&amp;#x27;ll get other talks of theirs on the recommended videos for that video page, which is useful, or followup videos on a topic.&lt;p&gt;What reasons for people that find this useful have to not wanting recommendations, either as a space to go to specifically to find something to watch or the section on the video page?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>quocanh</author><text>The problem is actually how good those recommendations are. They&amp;#x27;re designed to keep your eyes glued to the site as long as possible. It&amp;#x27;s a personal choice, but removing recommendations is one of the best things for your mental health if you&amp;#x27;re going to use YT or any social media.&lt;p&gt;That said, I also find them useful. But some people believe that it&amp;#x27;s better to seek out information for yourself even if being spoonfed is easier.</text></comment>
<story><title>Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations</title><url>https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kbenson</author><text>Honestly, that&amp;#x27;s where I get some of the most use out of YouTube, the recommended videos main page.  Sometimes I&amp;#x27;m annoyed they aren&amp;#x27;t showing me enough variation based on my subscriptions and past likes.  I&amp;#x27;m not sure why I&amp;#x27;d want this.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I&amp;#x27;m watching a technical presentation&amp;#x2F;talk by someone and I&amp;#x27;ll get other talks of theirs on the recommended videos for that video page, which is useful, or followup videos on a topic.&lt;p&gt;What reasons for people that find this useful have to not wanting recommendations, either as a space to go to specifically to find something to watch or the section on the video page?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zeta0134</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know how you&amp;#x27;re getting relevant recommendations; YouTube seems determined to get me into watching the latest celebrity personalities, or endless streams of clickbait.&lt;p&gt;I use a few custom uBlock Origin rules to hide the recommendations sidebar and the end-of-video overlay complete. If a video doesn&amp;#x27;t show up in my list of curated subscriptions, I just don&amp;#x27;t see it, and that&amp;#x27;s fine. It&amp;#x27;s good for my feed to be slow and update infrequently; I&amp;#x27;ve got other stuff to do.</text></comment>