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I get they want to work against ad blockers, but as a Premium member I really wish there was an easy way to watch a video without it polluting my history or rec

I get they want to work against ad blockers, but as a Premium member I really wish there was an easy way to watch a video without it polluting my history or recommendations. I don't want to watch ads just due to that.

dbbk 1y ago
If you create a new profile and switch to it it keeps your Premium benefits with its own watch history. I do this for communal watching on the living room TV.
bitpush 1y ago
Account Switcher > Turn on Incognito. (Not the chrome incognito, but YouTube incognito)
- _345 1y ago
  IIRC i stopped using this because it takes way too long to toggle on/off and another crucial mistake they make is that YouTube acts like its chrome incognito where you want full privacy and an anonymous browsing experience, I do not want that, I still want to be able to see my own history like my last few search bar queries, I just dont want NEW entries added when in incognito mode. essentially i want read only mode
  - ilkke 1y ago
    You can easily and quickly turn off watch on mobile. Don't remember if it's a hassle in the browser.
- k12sosse 1y ago
  IME this turns off the premium benefits, stupidly
  - frollogaston 1y ago
    Oh that's weird
james_pm 1y ago
I would love something like what Spotify has - private listening. In the meantime, I just go into the YouTube history and remove anything that I don't want to pollute my recommendations. Turning off search history entirely also is good.
sc11 1y ago
You can remove videos from your watch history and in my experience that does have an impact on the recommendations as it's not factored in anymore
- magicalhippo 1y ago
  Right, but that's annoying and you gotta remember. Something easier would be nice.
arccy 1y ago
I just have a different tab with the history page open to pause / resume history you don't even need to refresh the page you use to play videos
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nick_ 1y ago
YES. I've been wanting this for years. I want a switch that signals to the analytic/algorithm system that I am consuming this content either... A) sincerely, trustfully, optimistically, etc. ...or... B) critically, skeptically, experimentally, observationally, etc.
pests 1y ago
Just delete it from watch history when your done, is what I do.

dbbk 1y ago

If you create a new profile and switch to it it keeps your Premium benefits with its own watch history. I do this for communal watching on the living room TV.

bitpush 1y ago

Account Switcher > Turn on Incognito. (Not the chrome incognito, but YouTube incognito)

_345 1y ago
IIRC i stopped using this because it takes way too long to toggle on/off and another crucial mistake they make is that YouTube acts like its chrome incognito where you want full privacy and an anonymous browsing experience, I do not want that, I still want to be able to see my own history like my last few search bar queries, I just dont want NEW entries added when in incognito mode. essentially i want read only mode
- ilkke 1y ago
  You can easily and quickly turn off watch on mobile. Don't remember if it's a hassle in the browser.
k12sosse 1y ago
IME this turns off the premium benefits, stupidly
- frollogaston 1y ago
  Oh that's weird

james_pm 1y ago

I would love something like what Spotify has - private listening. In the meantime, I just go into the YouTube history and remove anything that I don't want to pollute my recommendations. Turning off search history entirely also is good.

sc11 1y ago

You can remove videos from your watch history and in my experience that does have an impact on the recommendations as it's not factored in anymore

magicalhippo 1y ago
Right, but that's annoying and you gotta remember. Something easier would be nice.

arccy 1y ago

I just have a different tab with the history page open to pause / resume history you don't even need to refresh the page you use to play videos

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nick_ 1y ago

YES. I've been wanting this for years. I want a switch that signals to the analytic/algorithm system that I am consuming this content either... A) sincerely, trustfully, optimistically, etc. ...or... B) critically, skeptically, experimentally, observationally, etc.

pests 1y ago

Just delete it from watch history when your done, is what I do.