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YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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I do too but the value is waning. When I try to watch without having logged in and see all the ads, that add some value back
In what scenario are you watching it without being logged in?
Go to a family member's house and try to show them something on YT.
Cringe in horror at the experience.
I am aware of how bad logged out YouTube is, that’s why don’t do it lol.
Not the person you asked, but I do that sometimes. For instance, when I want to watch a specific video but I don't want having watched it to affect other video recommendations.
Incognito window =)
That's how it's done, yep.
I don't know if this actually does what I hope it does, but if I happen to watch a video that I don't want recommendations on in the future, I manually delete the video from my watch history.
I don't know if that really helps, but at least as a placebo it feels good to do.
If unsure of a video, 1. on desktop open in new tab - if ya don't want that content/creator click the 3 dots on the main page video and select don't suggest channel, on phone (just did this a few mins ago) back out of video and since on mobile the home feed doesn't reset hit the 3 dots etc
I stopped watching YouTube logged in after getting FreeTube on my laptop.