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Re:IMG_0416 by ljoshua on Sunday November 10, 2024 @04:49PM (#42102833)
I love astronaut.io! Open it in an incognito window so that your YouTube watch history doesn't get too crazy.
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Re:IMG_0416 by giancarlostoro on Sunday November 10, 2024 @09:04PM (#42104042)
Or maybe its a good way to reset it
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Re:IMG_0416 by hanspeter on Monday November 11, 2024 @04:15PM (#42110491)
If I visit Youtube without being logged in, all I see is junk.

Why would a regular user of YouTube ever want to reset their watch history?

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Re:IMG_0416 by giancarlostoro on Monday November 11, 2024 @08:00PM (#42111902)
Some people don’t like that YouTube knows too much about them
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Re:IMG_0416 by account42 on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @05:27AM (#42114340)
Some people don't like living in a personalized bubble.
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Re:IMG_0416 by marshray on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @08:50PM (#42122102)
I only ever watch youtube or view web pages in incognito/guest mode or other browser profile that deletes all cookies when I close it (which I do at the end of every day).
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Re:IMG_0416 by prmoustache on Monday November 11, 2024 @12:05PM (#42108628)
why would you stay logged on all the time?
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Re:IMG_0416 by esperent on Monday November 11, 2024 @11:32PM (#42112824)
I watched a few videos then opened YouTube in another tab and checked my watch history. It doesn't show the videos from this site. I think in general it doesn't track embeds from other sites.
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Re:IMG_0416 by account42 on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @05:26AM (#42114337)
Better would be to stop using Youtube's algorithm for discovery - then your watch history is irrelevant.
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