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Right? I learned how to block channel in FreeTube motivated entirely so I don't have to see his stupid face in my recommendations
I feel like we'll find out this was engineered for clicks by them.
i mean thumbnails are almost always engineered for the most engagement, yes.
and theirs are clearly clickbaity
They actually recently had a video about their thumbnails, and how different people see different thumbnails for the same video as they experiment to see what works.
At least they're honest about it I guess.