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janosdebugs · 2023-08-17 03:43:48

No, there is no way for me to get the home screen without accepting the watch history on. So, if I want a home screen, I am forced to turn it on. Edit: I've updated the title to "requires".

I disabled it because I'm happy to watch YouTube subscriptions and the occasional recommendations, but I really don't see why YouTube needs to know my watch history.

As far as the dupe is concerned, please link to it so others can find it too.

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acheong08 | karma 1302 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2023-08-17 08:31:36

My watch history is off. How do I turn off Home Screen? I still get it

chisleu | karma 719 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2015-10-21 04:10:47+00:00

No. I got to the home screen. You can disable it though.

tech234a | karma 5983 | avg karma 9.3 · | 2023-02-16 12:56:48

It requires adding the app your Home Screen first.

elai | karma 1146 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2010-02-15 17:22:39+00:00

Yes if you look at the arrow button at the top right, it's a home screen only functionality.

saurik | karma 31936 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2023-03-09 05:36:27

Ah; that isn't something you can "switch the Home Screen to", though.

tinus_hn | karma 7585 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2023-03-27 15:00:19

You can of course choose not to add web apps to your Home Screen.

garyfirestorm | karma 980 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2022-01-19 08:54:20

Yes I did. It doesn’t bother me much. And I’m sure you could sideload something to get rid of that Home Screen altogether.

TylerE | karma 18504 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2022-11-29 00:22:13

False. Swiping up in the YouTube app with the bar hidden goes home just fine.

socceroos | karma 625 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2018-05-17 07:05:21

Yeah, doesn't work if a user has already added to home screen.

tinus_hn | karma 7585 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2017-12-07 20:16:32+00:00

You could check if one of the features that is only available on the home screen is available

jaywalk | karma 7082 | avg karma 2.71 · | 2023-02-16 14:01:18

You can put them on a hidden home screen. It's a pain, but it's the only way to keep the app but not have it on your home screen.

yellow_lead | karma 6150 | avg karma 4.38 · | 2021-09-14 14:06:27

"on the home screen"?

heyheyhey | karma 390 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2014-06-25 18:31:52+00:00

It's just a downside to the feature, I guess. Of course, I'd imagine you don't HAVE to enable this if you don't entirely trust it.

For me, having a lock screen at work/home is useless and just an annoyance. It's a pain always having to enable it when I leave work/home so this feature is perfect for me.

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dontdoxxme | karma 67 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2024-06-19 01:52:41

This web version supports adding to the home screen and you maybe won’t even notice the difference.

ErikRogneby | karma 477 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2014-10-04 04:05:37

screen doesn't have history?

BoorishBears | karma 6089 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2016-10-31 03:41:56+00:00

I never knew about the "Add to Homescreen" feature, that's really interesting

scarface74 | karma 25313 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2020-09-11 20:32:44

There has been the ability add to the home screen since day 1. There were plenty of website that calculated where the “share” button was in the browser app and had a pop up to add to the home screen.

pflenker | karma 1475 | avg karma 6.56 · | 2024-05-26 16:18:57

Not adding most apps to the Home Screen adds just enough friction for me. For heavy offenders which draw my attention, there is one sec.

ferdowsi | karma 2161 | avg karma 8.97 · | 2022-04-02 20:53:23

That's on the home screen, not displayed over content.