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But not in exchange for not tracking you. If you pay, obviously you have to log in and in typical Google fashion have your viewing history tracked, associated w

• enragedcacti 3y ago
  You can disable watch history pretty easily. Obviously you have to trust Google but I'd assume they would be breaking several laws in various jurisdictions if they were still storing history longterm after you opted out. Definitely not out of the question but its something. Anecdotally, the setting was thorough enough for me that it completely broke Youtube Music's recommendation engine. Every single source of recommended content would give the exact same songs in the exact same order no matter how many times I would listen.
  • Nextgrid 3y ago
    > I'd assume they would be breaking several laws in various jurisdictions if they were still storing history after you opted out Breaking privacy regulation is literally Facebook's business model and they've been very successful at that. It's dumb to think Google isn't doing the same.
    • enragedcacti 3y ago
      I completely agree that you shouldn't trust Google not to break the law, and there's no real way to prove they aren't storing and using that data somehow. They've almost certainly weighed the pros and cons of retaining and using that info and we don't have any clue how that shook out. All we can really do is guess whether or not they think its worth the risk and make our decisions accordingly. Personally, I think my chance of having my history tracked and abused is lower logged in + history off versus being logged out where I don't have the option and Google can still fingerprint me 17 different ways. There are obviously many more options for the more privacy conscious but that's where I'm at.