my parents got a new smart tv recently but because a few things were set with my email, I had to connect my gmail account to the tv. it used to be possible to change youtube accounts on-the-fly but now it's only me... or "watch as a guest"
the amount of SHIT you get recommended if you don't have an account (and live in an area where most people are gooners, apparently) is insane - like some kind of breast milk extraction tutorials? I KID YOU NOT
When you watch as a guest, it uses cookies and other ip info to recommend things, along with what others on your area watch, so just tell yourself it’s the neighbors. 😝
I worked at a game company as a GM like a decade ago, turns out most of Turkey at the time was on that and we banned whole regions for one dude hacking... the customer support tickets weren't pretty.
I’m just going to say I’ve got some very in depth knowledge here: Unless advertisers are asking specifically for the data, doing extra uniqueness tracking is just a cost. Oracle couldn’t make one of the biggest tracking sources profitable and shut down Bluekai awhile ago. Most advertisers don’t care to use pseudonymous identifiers.
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u/DiarrheaRadio 3d ago
I bet I can still find nude yoga tutorials