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Youtube doesnt remember watch history. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 7 months ago by Mandy@sh.itjust.works to c/techsupport@lemmy.world
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This is one of the longest running problems without a solution i have ever had (it caused me to seek out alternative clients in the first place)
Anyway, heres the deal: Youtube doesnt seem to remember my history on any video, heres the things i tried: check of history is in (it is)
ad these to ublock origin .video-stats.l.google.com .s.youtube.com
disable ublock origin
try a different browser ( fresh firefox and two different chromium ones)
disable tampermonkey

And today i looked at my history again, and the weirdets thing is it does remember the position and when i open the video from googles watch history, it works, i opened a video normally after that and it worked too

Anyone with any idea what is going on here would be greatly appreciated

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[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Check the Watch History option in your Google Account settings. I believe they have two separate buttons for the same thing...

[–] halm@leminal.space -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

My question is, if you're using ublock origin you must have some desire for privacy — so why in the world do you actively want to allow Youtube to track your viewing habits? SMDH.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Right? When any service offers to 'store your data' or 'remember your history' it's cause for concern.