• eeeeyayyyy@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    I disabled my Google and YouTube’s history settings since 2019.

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      1 year ago

      Some video suggestions let me suspect that this only disables me being able to see my history though.

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        1 year ago

        I feel this too. When i listen to a song on one device then it gets recommended on another even with history off was kind of sus

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          1 year ago

          Well, this is the point of “removing” tailored suggestions on YT’s homepage.

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            Idk why you would want less tailored suggestions for content. They’ll still suggest stuff, it just won’t be relevant to you. Shrug. I’m a big fan of YouTubers rec algorithm, especially for music.

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              Dude, I recently turned on my History for the first time since 2019, watched five monetized videos (long-form film-related stuffs, turned off uBlock Origin), and YT just flooded me with nonsense local stuffs with their ridiculous “thumbnails” on homepage.

              I was like, “lulz nope dis is disgusting.”