how odd, I don't find this true for me at all. For a while I turned off watch history (which means that the recommendations are only based on your subscriptions

how odd, I don't find this true for me at all. For a while I turned off watch history (which means that the recommendations are only based on your subscriptions) and that was... not an objection improvement, it made it harder to find content that was unlike the stuff I'm subscribed to, but it also made my recommendations more focused.