The recommendations are now almost completely inescapable if you want to continue using their service. They recently did away with email notifications for new content [1] and now the RSS export feature for subscriptions has been removed [2].
I refuse to interface with their algorithm, so I've begun hunting down alternative video hosts and the personal sites of the creators I can find and am preparing to leave their platform.
Alternatives are now very viable, with a platform such as BitChute soon to offer functionality such as live streaming [3].
I refuse to interface with their algorithm, so I've begun hunting down alternative video hosts and the personal sites of the creators I can find and am preparing to leave their platform.
Alternatives are now very viable, with a platform such as BitChute soon to offer functionality such as live streaming [3].
[1] https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/08/15/youtube-will-end-em...
[2] https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/85275454?hl=en
[3] https://www.bitchute.com/funding/livestream/