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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by convalescindrey on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:50PM (#36542850)
Sadly, a Youtube Premium subscription only removes the ads. They still collect all the data about you.

Remember that you are not just paying with ad eyeballs, but also with your data. When what where how much you watch. That's nobodies business. I'd pay for not having this be in somebodys DB, ready to be exploited (and/or leaked).

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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by amykhar on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:49AM (#36549112)
But, they kind of HAVE to keep the data about your comments and watch history so that you have access to it. They definitely shouldn't sell it though.
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Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad ... by convalescindrey on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:25AM (#36551114)
And they definitely don't need to join it with data about my phone location history and my search history. Or evaluate which video I have watched for how long. Subscriptions, fine. Recent history, fine. Until I delete those, then I want them gone, not just some "delete" flag turned on.
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