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Watching one „wrong“ video can mess everything up for a couple of weeks though, which always gives me some level of anxiety :D

GalenErso 3y ago
I open Incognito mode when I'm about to watch a video like that.
- beAbU 3y ago
  I discovered the other day that incognito mode removes the Premium privileges, which makes 0 sense to me. I want to watch one video without it contributing to my history, and now I'm subjected to ads again. No thanks.
  - jimktrains2 3y ago
    It doesn't remove anything; you're not logged in, which is the point of opening in an incognito window in the first place.
  - opan 3y ago
    Watch your one-off video with mpv+yt-dlp.
kevingadd 3y ago
You can usually go into your history and remove it to fix it.
deepzn 3y ago
true, I have to say "Not interested" a couple times
- rossjudson 3y ago
  I think I've said Not interested in channel hundreds of times. Creators get one shot with me, and if I think your thumbnail is clickbaity, or you do anything to annoy me...your channel is out. My youtube recommendations are pretty good. I subscribe to a decent-sized set of pretty great creators -- ones that follow my personal rules without even knowing what they are...
  - yreg 3y ago
    There are many decent youtubers who have clickbaity thumbnails. Unfortunately it probably makes such a large money difference that they compromise. E.g. LinusTechTips.
    - jon-wood 3y ago
      I see LinusTechTips recommended so often and I just don't get it. Everything I've seen from him has been clickbait, or surface level looks at technology, it never has any more depth than a technology enthusiast magazine. I guess that's fine if you're a technology enthusiast, but I find it weird how he gets so much air time even in a community like this which is populated by actual professionals.
      - yreg 3y ago
        Most people here are 'technology enthusiasts', are they not? I for one am a software engineer and definitely not a hardware professional. I might not be able to even build a PC on my own.

GalenErso 3y ago

I open Incognito mode when I'm about to watch a video like that.

beAbU 3y ago
I discovered the other day that incognito mode removes the Premium privileges, which makes 0 sense to me. I want to watch one video without it contributing to my history, and now I'm subjected to ads again. No thanks.
- jimktrains2 3y ago
  It doesn't remove anything; you're not logged in, which is the point of opening in an incognito window in the first place.
- opan 3y ago
  Watch your one-off video with mpv+yt-dlp.

kevingadd 3y ago

You can usually go into your history and remove it to fix it.

deepzn 3y ago

true, I have to say "Not interested" a couple times

rossjudson 3y ago
I think I've said Not interested in channel hundreds of times. Creators get one shot with me, and if I think your thumbnail is clickbaity, or you do anything to annoy me...your channel is out. My youtube recommendations are pretty good. I subscribe to a decent-sized set of pretty great creators -- ones that follow my personal rules without even knowing what they are...
- yreg 3y ago
  There are many decent youtubers who have clickbaity thumbnails. Unfortunately it probably makes such a large money difference that they compromise. E.g. LinusTechTips.
  - jon-wood 3y ago
    I see LinusTechTips recommended so often and I just don't get it. Everything I've seen from him has been clickbait, or surface level looks at technology, it never has any more depth than a technology enthusiast magazine. I guess that's fine if you're a technology enthusiast, but I find it weird how he gets so much air time even in a community like this which is populated by actual professionals.
    - yreg 3y ago
      Most people here are 'technology enthusiasts', are they not? I for one am a software engineer and definitely not a hardware professional. I might not be able to even build a PC on my own.