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Re:Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations by rtkwe on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @08:04PM (#28701636)
To do that you have to give up more information about what you actually bought which IMO is an even bigger privacy issue than what we're currently giving away.
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Re:Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations by hda2 on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @09:48PM (#28702326)
I think it's reasonable for the ad industry to assume that you bought the belt once you abruptly stopped showing interest in comparing belts for a couple of days. No access to purchase history needed.
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Re:Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations by rtkwe on Thursday September 30, 2021 @10:57AM (#28707099)
I'm not sure if they get that kind of historical data of your interests when they're bidding on ads though either.
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