Watching YouTube Without YouTube Watching Me

<p>I was messing about and I&nbsp;<a href="https://myactivity.google.com/product/youtube?hl=en" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">changed one setting</a>&nbsp;that both breaks and fixes YouTube. If you delete your old history and turn off Watch History (buried in&nbsp;<a href="https://myactivity.google.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">myactivity.google.com</a>, under Data &amp; Privacy), the algorithm just stops working. It breaks the user experience so much that the Home page just goes blank. A blissful nothing. Nothing to tempt or distract you, no recommendations. It&rsquo;s incredibly boring and thus quite liberating.</p> <p>You can still watch videos, but the videos can&rsquo;t watch you. YouTube cannot glean that you&rsquo;re the type of person who will watch every available clip from Succession without ever watching the show. Or whatever you&rsquo;re into, even if you don&rsquo;t know it. YouTube will never be able to maximize your wasted time, to sell you more get-rich-quick schemes or soap.</p> <p><a href="https://indica.medium.com/watching-youtube-without-youtube-watching-me-478035a34673"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>