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Tangentially: Youtube really likes to turn CC on randomly on its own, even when it's explicitly disabled. Both in the mobile app and the website.
by glandium 4y ago
Tangentially: Youtube really likes to turn CC on randomly on its own, even when it's explicitly disabled. Both in the mobile app and the website.
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- ENGNR 4y agoThis, it’s a minor frustration but everything seems to be going cc by default, which would bump the usage numbers. I wonder if it’s because there’s a measurable engagement increase rather than just user preference? As someone who doesn’t want them I have to keep actively turning them off everywhere
- XorNot 4y agoI was looking for this comment. In the last couple of months every 3rd or so video seems to have CC switched on for no reason.
- glandium 4y agoIt's often even worse than that, with CC going back on during and/or after mid-roll ads.
- NobodyNada 4y agoIs it possible that you’re hitting a keyboard shortcut by accident? IIRC YouTube turns on captions if you ever press the “c” key, which I definitely do by accident once in a while.
- epakai 4y agoI have the opposite. Youtube captions never stay on despite my account preferences and being logged in.