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Incidentally, I dropped Youtube's web app like a rock when they started messing with adblockers and today they emailed me to say they're cutting down features in my account because "I don't have enough of a history".
I swear, these decaying tech firms just don't get the value of not appearing to be flailing in desperation.
any idea what this actually means?
What features are they cutting down?
Is this a free account?
I had the same email, it's creator-related features. So if you don't produce content it shouldn't affect anything
I received the same notification on my artist account. I can't remember everything, but it was something like daily upload limits for videos and shorts and other creator related stuff. I don't think there's anything related to just basic usage features.
They take away the ability to include links in video descriptions. That's still not related to watching videos, but it seems like a legit eff you to small content creators.
Oh yeah I forgot about that. That's definitely a big issue. I think you can't also pin comments.
they turn off video recommendations if your watch history isn’t on