jack grimes

Do people actually like using an app/platform that just chooses stuff for you to look at constantly? I know that apps with strong "algorithms" capable of blasting users with 5 to 20 videos a minute selected to be more or less agreeable to their taste profile are currently the most powerful cultural forces on earth, but, like, am I really a fringe weirdo for thinking that it would be nice to just see things my friends make/post/enjoy and check out things they like or suggest? Just seems so weird to me that the major appeal of TikTok and its ilk is the near-total stripping from the end user of the power to curate their own feed.