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Youtube doesnt remember watch history. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/techsupport

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This is one of the longest running problems without a solution i have ever had (it caused me to seek out alternative clients in the first place)
Anyway, heres the deal: Youtube doesnt seem to remember my history on any video, heres the things i tried: check of history is in (it is)
ad these to ublock origin .video-stats.l.google.com .s.youtube.com
disable ublock origin
try a different browser ( fresh firefox and two different chromium ones)
disable tampermonkey

And today i looked at my history again, and the weirdets thing is it does remember the position and when i open the video from googles watch history, it works, i opened a video normally after that and it worked too

Anyone with any idea what is going on here would be greatly appreciated

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[–] ElPussyKangaroo 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Check the Watch History option in your Google Account settings. I believe they have two separate buttons for the same thing...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

is there anything else but the watched history and its subsetting?
both are on

[–] Darrell_Winfield 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you utilize a local DNS blocker? I was having history issues until I whitelisted s.youtube.com which fixed it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

no dns blocker, i even tried it on a fresh firefox installation

[–] Darrell_Winfield 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Desktop or phone? What OS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

desktop, linux, specifically, currently endevouros
but i dont recall that one to make any difference

[–] Darrell_Winfield 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dang, I don't think I have recommendations here. I've had done mobile issues on Android, but desktop has always had my history intact. Sorry I can't be more helpful!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

thank you regardless

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

My question is, if you're using ublock origin you must have some desire for privacy — so why in the world do you actively want to allow Youtube to track your viewing habits? SMDH.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

im not here for a lecture on privacy my guy, i just dont want any ads besides:
cause freetube devs are a bunch of snobs that refused to listen to criticism for their new video player

[–] BilboBargains 0 points 3 weeks ago

Right? When any service offers to 'store your data' or 'remember your history' it's cause for concern.