
They removed it so they could make standard users reliant on the recommended feed so they’re more likely to watch high earning ad-backed videos.
But I’m stuck of how short sighted their recommended algorithm is, it only takes into account the very recent videos you’ve watched so over time you get out of touch of old subscriptions unless they somehow go viral again or you search them up explicitly.
Seems to be what a lot of the far right want. It’s essentially what Brexit has done to us in the UK