Remove watched videos from Similar videos list

[nikhilCad]

Checklist

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Feature description

When you watch a video there is a similar video tab at bottom. If you are binging one channel this similar video list might contain videos you have already watched, so those videos should be removed from the Similar Videos list

Why do you want this feature?

Less clutter

Additional information

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[nikhilCad]

Where did you find its duplicate? I couldn't @SameenAhnaf

[nikhilCad]

20 minutes in, still could not find the duplicate

[SameenAhnaf]

Extremely sorry for the inconveniences. I misunderstood the issue at first

[opusforlife2]

There have been similar issues regarding YT recommendations. I vaguely remember that it was pointed out somewhere that editing that list which is provided to us by YT would require keeping yet another database of watched videos. This can quickly get bloated and is not of much utility.

[SameenAhnaf]

@opusforlife2 Couldn't the functionality be exclusive only for the users who enable Watch History?

[opusforlife2]

Yeah, that could work. But it might not scale well. Depending on the size of the history database and the number of videos to be hidden/removed, there might be a noticeable lag before the list is able to be shown.