What if s.youtube.com is blocked ?
from Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to privacy@lemmy.ml on 31 Jul 2026 09:23
https://lemmy.ca/post/68655424

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 ?

#privacy

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sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works on 31 Jul 2026 12:03 next collapse

Why not just turn off watch history?

Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca on 31 Jul 2026 12:36 next collapse

But that’s not my question. 😐

rollin@piefed.social on 31 Jul 2026 16:32 collapse

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.

flameleaf@lemmy.ml on 01 Aug 2026 22:00 next collapse

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

sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works on 02 Aug 2026 00:55 collapse

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)

rumba@lemmy.zip on 02 Aug 2026 03:13 collapse

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

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 2026 01:01 collapse

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.