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Re:The Ghosts in the Machine by klabetron on Saturday December 21, 2024 @03:37AM (#42478272)
Anyone know if YouTube has it? The number of times I switch the YouTube app to Incognito just to avoid whatever links my friends send from influencing my recommendations…
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Re:The Ghosts in the Machine by m5l on Saturday December 21, 2024 @05:48PM (#42482966)
Removing videos from my watch history seems to work for this. The note on this page[1] seems to indicate that watch history is what's driving your recommendations (they disappear if you don't have enough history):

[1] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/95725

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