• YouTube is testing a new video button on its app, allowing users to easily access random Shorts content based on their suggestions.
  • Additional features of this play button are currently unknown, but it is likely to pull content based on watch history, subscribed creators, and video likes.
  • The feature is being tested with a limited number of people and does not appear to be part of an official YouTube experiment.
    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      26·
      1 year ago

      And it’s fairly obvious how that would work here. The videos won’t be “random”, they’ll specifically be videos that are known to keep people on the platform longer.

    • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      I like them. I watch a lot of long videos (30 - 90 minutes) so it’s nice to just watch really short stuff from time to time.

      • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I don’t mind videos that are exactly as long as they need to be, they can be 1 minute or 1 hour or whatever. But personally I don’t need skinny portrait mode and no seeking.

        • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          Everyone’s different. I’ve watched videos on shorts that I would never click to watch and I really enjoyed them.

        • Octopus@thelemmy.clubEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Seeking is avaliable on the mobile app. You can also do this trick on desktop Firefox where you click the picture-in-picture button and press back or forward to jump 5 seconds.

  • hightrix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    As someone with my watch history off, it’ll be interesting if this button even shows.

    I have no subscriptions, no history, and no tracking of any kind enabled. If this shows a recommendation related to my watch history, that’d shine a light on what those privacy controls really do.

  • Teon@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Fail #1, you downloaded the YouTube App.
    Choose a different front end or use a desktop.

    • monk@lemmy.unboiled.infoEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      People don’t usually download the YouTube apps, the most common way to get it is by forgetting to degoogle a phone.

    • deleted@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Just started using invidious. Is it common for subscriptions to be out of date for a couple of days?

      There’s a video posted nov 2 and just showed up today in subscription menu. It did show up when I clicked on the channel.

      • Teon@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Not sure about that. I use NewPipe on Android and the regular YouTube site on Desktop with Firefox/uBlock Origin.