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YouTube forcing users to enable 'Watch history' to show video recommendations

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YouTube forcing users to enable 'Watch history' to show video recommendations

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Several YouTube users report that the platform is forcing them to enable the 'Watch history' option to show video recommendations.

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Google constantly does this unethical bundling of features with privacy switches. I remember when I used to use Android that turning off Location History meant you couldn’t save your home and work address on Google Maps.
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