What tiktok does is curate well. But I often find myself searching for new creators by what I already like. Tagging systems and smart groupings can help me customise my feed on my own but are really hard to do by hand. The problem with algos is that I get no say in what they hide and show. I would love my personal bias to be embedded by myself. The problem lies in who controls the algorithm and what their biases are.
The US would tax your income while you still pay for german welfare which you wouldn’t benefit from. You’d still have german working conditions which are generally better than the US but the actual money would not be very great.