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This can easily be done with contextual advertising, wich requires no user tracking. I have no problem with a shop showing me eg. an ad-banner for a gym members

• eterevsky 5y ago
  When you open the YouTube front page, there is no context except for what YouTube already knows about your preferences. If this situation I would prefer to receive video recommendations based on my past preferences, which could be considered targeted ads.
  • usrbinbash 5y ago
    > When you open the YouTube front page, there is no context Yes there is: My useraccount. Ideally, if I am logged in, and if I consented that they may show me videos based on my preferences, I would be okay with them may recommending videos to me and refining these recommendations based on my views. The consent should of course be opt-in only (eg. a simple switch in the account settings). Using this information for recommending videos within that pages context only != Targeted advertising. As long as the information never leaves their page, is used in no other page of their ecosystem, and as long as I can tell them to stop collecting it, delete what they already have, and are guaranteed by law that they keep no connection between that data and any identifying information other than my useraccount, I would be okay with that. And yes, when I visit youtube without being logged in, I would be perfectly okay with having no/default recommendations, or recommendations based on the context of that page visit only.