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Nonetheless, I actually don’t enjoy seeing my search history accumulate on my device. Half of my searches are just spell checks anyway, the next 40% are just wi
by wendigo 8y ago
Nonetheless, I actually don’t enjoy seeing my search history accumulate on my device. Half of my searches are just spell checks anyway, the next 40% are just wikipedia shortcuts. Probably less than one in ten searches are genuine queries, to scour for a real result.
The number is small enough that I pretty much can directly remember the thing I was thinking about, and why I searched for it. I don’t even want my device saving my recent searches.
- bad_user 8y agoYour preference is not very relevant for people that need to remember their searches though.
- inetknght 8y agoPeople that need to remember their searches should configure their preferences in such a fashion.
- bad_user 8y agoLet's not talk past each other. An app can remember preferences and searches locally, without synchronizing them to a central server. Requiring that the server remembers those searches only if you agree to having your activity tracked is a dark pattern. Which is what we are talking about.
- zaroth 8y agoAnd this is very much still present in the latest version on my iPhone anyway. I still see a big prompt to turn on Web & App Activity I order to “Get the most from Maps” — which includes saving “Work” and “Home” favorites. Boo :-(
- Firadeoclus 8y agoThis is about location search history in Google Maps, though, not general search history. Personally, I rarely need the latter but I find the former very useful.