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What if s.youtube.com is blocked ? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I know, after blocking this subdomain youtube watch history won't be tracked (saved) even if user is turned on it in data and privacy section of google account setting.

So, doesn't save watch history also mean youtube doesn't count views of users who block this subdomain ?

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[–] Ava@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

You could determine this pretty easily by uploading an unlisted video and then checking on an unrelated device that is blocking the domain.

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Does it stop tracking? No one knows.

But if you can block it and everything still works, then it can't be anything good. So block it.

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[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works -4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Why not just turn off watch history?

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[–] Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca [S] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

But that's not my question. 😐

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[–] rollin@piefed.social 14 points 3 months ago

No one can answer your question unless they know the internals of how youtube works. It's quite possible for the view to be counted by some other means completely separate to a user's watch history.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

You can block this at the router. No watch history for anyone.

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[–] flameleaf@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I watch without an account and they're definitely tracking my watch history regardless of that

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[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Right, I don't think you can turn off tracking without account although the solution in this case is as simple as watching in a private window in firefox (chrome's icognito is not reliable)

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