Derek does a great job of explaining how YouTube shifted away from a subscription-based feed to a recommendation-based one.<p>Ironically, to combat the distractive/addictive tendencies this promotes, I use a browser extension[0] to hide recommendations and only browse my subscriptions feed.<p>0: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/df-tube-distraction-free/mjdepdfccjgcndkmemponafgioodelna" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/df-tube-distractio...</a>