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[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago (8 children)

It's crazy to think that this level of intrusion is considered fair game. The way these behaviors are normalized is completely dystopian.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

They already did this with Youtube. I turned of Youtube history because I didn't want anyone being able to track what I watch. All of a sudden, Youtube's home page for my account was blank with a message that said "Turn on history if you want to see recommendations". I sat with that for a couple days, going to Youtube to check out channels I'd subscribed to. It wasn't the same. When I got to Youtube for some distraction, I want to discover something different from my usual stuff. So I delete my history weekly as part of "routine maintainence".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Same I delete all my history in clean state on youtube. I hate seeng videos thay I've already watched before.

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