It's so funny how people think these platforms genuinely need you to tell them your interests so they can "curate your feed".
The amount of data Google, YouTube, Meta, Instagram, etc. already have on you is more than any company could ever need.
The only reason why they do that is:
1. To cover their asses from spamming you with hyper-relevant content from the very start so you don't ever question how their creepy asses got that data to begin with.
2. To brainwash you into thinking you actually have control over your experience in their exploitative and predatory apps.
3. So your dumb ass will constantly "engage" with the app to "tell" it what you like (i.e. play right into their hands). That's like a therapist telling you to spend 20 minutes reciting all the reasons why you like dogs before the start of every single session (and guess who's paying for that shit). It's a never-ending game to get you to waste your life away as they siphon your attention, which in turn directly translates to money for them.
I highly encourage you to go download all your account data for yourself and see JUST how much information these shitty companies (Google, YouTube, Meta, Instagram, etc.) have on you.
And realize that's ONLY what they LET you see due to lawmakers and users forcing them to do so over the decades. It's not even a complete nor well-organized list.
Things you will see:
- Everything you ever searched for in the nonexistent "privacy" of your own Gmail Inbox.
- Every YouTube comment, search, watched video etc.
- Your IP Address, time, location, device, software you're running, browser, app you're using, etc. every single time you access ANY of Google's sites.
- Everything you've said to a Google Assistant WORD FOR WORD.
- All your call and texts, WORD FOR WORD, including entire group chats. all in plain text, 0 security whatsoever.
- All your questions to the AI, including its responses.
- Every file you ever searched for and opened in the nonexistent "privacy" of your own Drive Cloud Storage.
- The list goes on and on...
And one of the funniest things is not only that they track EVERYTHING you do by default, but how it does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR YOU.
This shit doesn't benefit you in ANYWAY.
Once you see everything they've been collecting for years, you will realize this for yourself. This data harvesting literally has no meaningful benefit to 99.9999% of people. Only harm.
All it does is continuously support the atrocious monopolies these companies have on the world and use to make your life worse and worse with each passing day.