I'll take this as a benefit; an algorithm palate cleanser

If you turn off watch history YouTube refuses to show you anything at all on its landing page. Not even the stuff it would show to someone not logged in.

I think they consider it punishment for not letting them hold your data, but I find it nice to have to search to get anything.

I was wondering why YouTube suddenly thought I only wanted to watch sub 1000 view videos

I'm happy with videos that have few views. I'll always be sure to leave a comment and a like. Sometimes there's really good videos in there

The same happened to me. Now I get it...

Videos embedded in other pages don't show up in my https://www.youtube.com/feed/history