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The second link I posted allows you to explicitly disable search and viewing history on YouTube, which also disables recommendations (at least those based on yo
by halflings 8y ago
The second link I posted allows you to explicitly disable search and viewing history on YouTube, which also disables recommendations (at least those based on your profile; you will still get recommendations after watching a specific video).
- shawn 8y agoFair enough, though that would require me to sign in. Does that actually prevent the data from being stored on Google's servers? I'd like to believe that the data isn't being vacuumed up regardless of what the user says, so if you're willing to vouch for it then that would mean a lot.
- 0xmaverick 8y agoHow can you ever trust anyone like that ? Unless, you see the line of code that is deleting the data ?. It's kind of unfair when people on HN take Apple by their word and for Google "oh is it really deleted though" ?
- shawn 8y agoIf a current employee is willing to vouch for it, that carries some weight. It's a useful data point.
- kerberos84 8y agoBecause google makes its revenue from user data.
- 0xmaverick 8y agoDo you have a better solution ?. No one will use the products if it costs some non-trivial amount. And no this thread doesn't represent the billions of non-US non-rich people that use Google.