The state of YouTube history search

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• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just the search in history? Bruh, the entire YT history feature has been the single most unreliable piece of regurgitated Satan hell hound dog shit I’ve ever had the pleasure of using

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  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah I turned history off. I don’t want google to have my data thanks.

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol, your YouTube history is just a copy of your data presented in a browsable format. They have your data regardless

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    • CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      if consentToDataGathering:
          gatherData()
      else:
          gatherData()
      

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    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They still do, they just don’t expose it back to you the user.

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    • shiftymccool@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Uuummm, what?

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    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Got em!

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    • hedgehog@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Did you turn it off by using Invidious?

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  • isyasad@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Better to just use browser history, OP could search “YouTube cream” and likely find it. I had to change my settings to stop Firefox from deleting my oldest pages in history though.

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• TBi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I searched for a specific motorbike by brand and model number, but my results were full of nvidia graphics card reviews…

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• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

  Yes

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• Cris_Color@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’ve had this issue too, it’s absolute dogshit

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• W3dd1e@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  YouTube recommendations are just as bad. I HATE YouTube. I wish more people used other platforms.

  I was promised dogs. Image

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• Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Finally someone complains and raises awareness oh my god

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• moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  JERMA SPOTTED

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  • DemBoSain@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Who is Jerma, and why does his crap clog my YouTube feed? Except it’s not Jerma’s stuff, but people making videos about Jerma.

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    • moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t have a good answer, but I do have an obnoxious answer if you’d like

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

  PipePipe

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    that’s not viewing history search though?

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don’t know jack about Youtube app, don’t use it.

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• protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  just use grayjay

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  • Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Grayjay doesn’t have a light theme

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    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds like a feature, not a bug

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    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      FreeTube

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