They also removed dates from many videos so that you can't always tell how relevant or topical a video is, and now when you're free browsing they will typically

They also removed dates from many videos so that you can't always tell how relevant or topical a video is, and now when you're free browsing they will typically recommend similar videos from smaller channels to you in the list 3rd from the top. So far I haven't clicked any of those links but I suppose it's beneficial to get new channels, but at the same time I've already been suggested at least 2 channels that espouse right wing hate rhetoric so either my view history doesn't know my preferences or there's a lot of money to be made from those videos for Youtube and they're trying to wring every penny they can out of me.