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YouTube loves to recommend me far-right channels despite rarely if ever watching politics on YouTube. Interesting enough I've never gotten left wing channels as

• SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
  How would you know if that is just your perspective? If you are really far left, YouTube would have nothing to offer you that you don’t already have, but everything else would appear far right. Just thinking out loud…
  • wnevets 5y ago
    If I'm not watching politics on YouTube how would YouTube have nothing available on the far left to offer me?
    • SV_BubbleTime 5y ago
      Do you know how cookies and tracking works? Go to Reddit, click an imgur link, go to YouTube, they almost certainly have data about you now. (By the way, this is why Firefox containers are so awesome. Doesn’t remove all the issues, but really limited their ability to build profiles on you.)
      • wnevets 5y ago
        Wouldn't that mean they would recommend me channels based on my browsing habits?