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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

YouTube forcing users to enable 'Watch history' to show video recommendations

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YouTube forcing users to enable 'Watch history' to show video recommendations

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Several YouTube users report that the platform is forcing them to enable the 'Watch history' option to show video recommendations.

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To be honest, I don’t understand the fuss. Of course, YouTube needs a history to make suggestions. How else? I thought that was a prerequisite anyway.
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    You’re right, I didn’t think of that

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