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YouTube needs a history-less mode. I want to watch random videos without them impacting my recommendations. I have Premium, but I'll use ad blocker in a private

by goda90 3y ago

YouTube needs a history-less mode. I want to watch random videos without them impacting my recommendations. I have Premium, but I'll use ad blocker in a private browsing session specifically for this.

shmde 3y ago
YouTube without recommendations is absolute pure cancer. On chrome desktop there is an option to delete cookie everytime you close browser. That resets your recommendation history.
tommiegannert 3y ago
If I go to https://www.youtube.com/feed/history https://www.youtube.com/feed/history, I can hit "Pause watch history". Isn't that enough?
dredmorbius 3y ago
Log out of Google.[1] Browse in Incognito mode. Better: access through an Invidious or Piped instance. ________________________________ Notes: 1. And never log back in again.
xlbuttplug2 3y ago
At least on the android app, there is an incognito mode. But you do lose your ad-free experience last I checked.
- Forbo 3y ago
  This was exactly the reason I cancelled my subscription. I'm paying for no ads, so don't shove them down my throat when I want to watch something without it fucking up the algorithm. Just because I want to watch a video my friend swnt to me of Alex Jones say some disgusting heinous shit one time doesn't mean I want to have it fed to me like I'm being prepared to be made into foie gras.
  - SllX 3y ago
    I’m the type that wouldn’t even tap the link if I saw that it was garbage (seriously, you can set boundaries with friends, an Alex Jones clip will do nothing to improve your life); but for the odd misclick, or if I go in not knowing what I’m watching, I instantly nuke that shit from my history. But yeah, the incognito mode is bollocks.
exitb 3y ago
As far as I understand it, you can you set it that way by disabling activity tracking here https://myactivity.google.com/product/youtube https://myactivity.google.com/product/youtube Some of my recommendations are based on my subscriptions (but only directly), others are just random things based on my location and language.
wruza 3y ago
I go to History afterwards and delete specific videos from there with “x”. That still works. But even self-curated history and other tips I’ve got here still produce an echo chamber. Even “New to you” tab which appears once a month for few minutes becomes too narrow. I gave up recently and removed youtube from my bookmarks bar, to suffer less often. I find the idea of paying for it pretty… strange?

by goda90 3y ago

shmde 3y ago

YouTube without recommendations is absolute pure cancer. On chrome desktop there is an option to delete cookie everytime you close browser. That resets your recommendation history.

tommiegannert 3y ago

If I go to https://www.youtube.com/feed/history https://www.youtube.com/feed/history, I can hit "Pause watch history". Isn't that enough?

dredmorbius 3y ago

Log out of Google.[1] Browse in Incognito mode. Better: access through an Invidious or Piped instance. ________________________________ Notes: 1. And never log back in again.

xlbuttplug2 3y ago

At least on the android app, there is an incognito mode. But you do lose your ad-free experience last I checked.

Forbo 3y ago
This was exactly the reason I cancelled my subscription. I'm paying for no ads, so don't shove them down my throat when I want to watch something without it fucking up the algorithm. Just because I want to watch a video my friend swnt to me of Alex Jones say some disgusting heinous shit one time doesn't mean I want to have it fed to me like I'm being prepared to be made into foie gras.
- SllX 3y ago
  I’m the type that wouldn’t even tap the link if I saw that it was garbage (seriously, you can set boundaries with friends, an Alex Jones clip will do nothing to improve your life); but for the odd misclick, or if I go in not knowing what I’m watching, I instantly nuke that shit from my history. But yeah, the incognito mode is bollocks.

exitb 3y ago

As far as I understand it, you can you set it that way by disabling activity tracking here https://myactivity.google.com/product/youtube https://myactivity.google.com/product/youtube Some of my recommendations are based on my subscriptions (but only directly), others are just random things based on my location and language.

wruza 3y ago

I go to History afterwards and delete specific videos from there with “x”. That still works. But even self-curated history and other tips I’ve got here still produce an echo chamber. Even “New to you” tab which appears once a month for few minutes becomes too narrow. I gave up recently and removed youtube from my bookmarks bar, to suffer less often. I find the idea of paying for it pretty… strange?