Since v3.6 all videos are whitelisted to appear on the homepage via the include_in_home_feed field (743f56b).
Some operators may want to show all content without prior checks and only hide selected assets manually.
The relevant query was added in above commit:
listQuerySql = extendClause(
listQuerySql,
'WHERE',
`"video"."include_in_home_feed" = true AND "video"."id" NOT IN (${args.skipVideoIds