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March 24, 2021 11:18 AM Subscribe
Is there a way to prevent music that's been played through my Youtube Music account from showing up in my regular Youtube recommendations?
I use Youtube Music for streaming after Google Play Music went away. The main way I do so is playing it through my Sonos speaker which is connected to my account. That all works great. But I'm not the only person that uses the Sonos. If anyone else in the house plays something those artists and songs immediately start popping up in my regular Youtube account. Someone will play an artist I've never even heard of and then Youtube seems to think I want to listen to them a lot more and starts flooding my recommendations. Is there a setting or something to tell Youtube not to use music streamed from Youtube Music (or even the Sonos specifically) to recommend videos on regular Youtube? My recommendations are bad enough as it is.
I use Youtube Music for streaming after Google Play Music went away. The main way I do so is playing it through my Sonos speaker which is connected to my account. That all works great. But I'm not the only person that uses the Sonos. If anyone else in the house plays something those artists and songs immediately start popping up in my regular Youtube account. Someone will play an artist I've never even heard of and then Youtube seems to think I want to listen to them a lot more and starts flooding my recommendations. Is there a setting or something to tell Youtube not to use music streamed from Youtube Music (or even the Sonos specifically) to recommend videos on regular Youtube? My recommendations are bad enough as it is.
What do you use to link your Sonos speaker to Youtube Music? There is a Privacy control panel on the Youtube Music app that allows you to "pause" activity-based recommendations (whatever that means), but only for that device; the setting doesn't roam. Still, it might be an option.
I think Zenon's answer is more likely to be the definitive solution though.
posted by Aleyn at 4:33 PM on March 24, 2021
I think Zenon's answer is more likely to be the definitive solution though.
posted by Aleyn at 4:33 PM on March 24, 2021
Best answer: The issue with zenon's solution, is as youtube music is a premium service, you'd also want to keep youtube premium generally. So what actually helped me, is creating a second youtube profile under my main google account - i actually did this in order to post videos under a different channel name, but it turns out each profile you make gets different recommendations.
posted by jaymzjulian at 6:44 PM on March 24, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by jaymzjulian at 6:44 PM on March 24, 2021 [2 favorites]
If for some reason you do want an entirely separate account, YT Premium can be shared with up to five accounts.
Also, I'm not sure how Sonos handles it, but on Assistant enabled speakers you can set up a separate voice match for different people so it will use their Google account rather than yours.
posted by wierdo at 6:57 PM on March 24, 2021
Also, I'm not sure how Sonos handles it, but on Assistant enabled speakers you can set up a separate voice match for different people so it will use their Google account rather than yours.
posted by wierdo at 6:57 PM on March 24, 2021
Response by poster: I guess making a new account for my regular Youtube might be best. I think I'll try the way jaymzjulian mentioned because half the reason I want to stick with Youtube instead of Spotify/etc. is to have Youtube Premium. Thank you all for your help.
posted by downtohisturtles at 9:51 AM on March 25, 2021
posted by downtohisturtles at 9:51 AM on March 25, 2021
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posted by zenon at 1:39 PM on March 24, 2021