Are there "11 billion" views just like there are "about n million results" on the Google search page? I wonder how real that number is. Anyway, that is a sidet

Are there "11 billion" views just like there are "about n million results" on the Google search page? I wonder how real that number is. Anyway, that is a sidetrack; I agree with the rest of your point. Seeing the garbage that recommendation algorithms serve me is proof enough that they are not successfully crafting a unique experience just for me but instead putting me in some heap based on what they mistakenly think they know about me.