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Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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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".
Same I delete all my history in clean state on youtube. I hate seeng videos thay I've already watched before.
But it won't work, these are centralized platforms, which means whatever you searched, or typted in, they will collect these histories as data into their central server.
Exactly! Erasing your history just means YOU can't see it anymore.