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They seem to do a similar thing with Youtube. I have both Youtube watch history and Youtube search history off. The other day I watched a very amazing video abo
by JorgeGT 8y ago
They seem to do a similar thing with Youtube. I have both Youtube watch history and Youtube search history off. The other day I watched a very amazing video about iron smelting in Africa. Now, each time a open a Youtube link, that specific iron smelting video appears as "recommended for me". So, it is obvious that Google remembers which videos I have watched and openly advertises them again to me.
By the way, the video itself is super interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCnZClWwpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCnZClWwpQ
- annadane 8y agoUnfortunately there's no accountability in these companies for bold-faced (bald-faced?) lying. They can just stress how much they're listening to our feedback and then kinda go quiet after their latest move goes against absolutely everything the users say.
- fooker 8y agoThis doesn't require remembering which specific video you watched, an abstract classification would be enough.
- brianpan 8y ago> By the way, the video itself is super interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCnZClWwpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuCnZClWwpQ Covering up your tracks, eh? Ok, we'll play along. Everybody click on the link provided by Jorge "Totally not into iron smelting more than anyone else" GT.
- Steko 8y agoAnd ... now they've linked your HN profile and are analyzing your comment history to serve you up even more personalized content.
- rubatuga 8y agoThat doesn’t mean YouTube doesn’t store cookies on your device regarding videos you like. I accidentally clicked on a garbage video and after that all YouTube would recommend to me was more garbage.