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Re:Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Vi... by alisonatwork on Friday March 22, 2024 @10:55PM (#39797040)
Any client software can do this for the users who want it. There is no need for the service provider to track user watch history on the server by default.
Re:Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Vi... by transcriptase on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:03PM (#39797076)
I’m sure it might be useful if your primary business is something like, oh let’s say, delivering advertisements based on users preferences and behaviour.
Re:Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Vi... by hobs on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:07PM (#39797094)
At the end of the day the recommendation algo is why tiktok grew so fast and is so sticky, users want the companies to remember stuff, just not to use that memory against them (ya right)
Re:Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Vi... by judge2020 on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:05PM (#39797088)
This also powers their recommendation algorithm. Arguably the only reason 99.99% of people use YouTube.