No, it's not propagated to other browsers signed into the same account, it explicitly says that in the settings page.
Maybe part of the issue is that I am logged into the same account across three different devices, or that I have other Google accounts too logged in (but I don't use YouTube in them, only the account with Premium).
Anyway, it should be trivial for Google to make it actually permanent (I would love it it was stored in my account, which I pay for Premium on, instead of local or cookie storage), but lots of people have this problem.
> it's not propagated to other browsers signed into the same account, it explicitly says that in the settings page
Yeah, you are absolutely right & I misremembered - forgot I copied over my browser profile.
It is definitely a permanent setting for me though, on both laptop & desktop profiles, haven't had to re-set it since I discovered it. (Firefox/linux).
Maybe the difference is in handling multiple google accounts differently. My approach: I tend to create browser profiles for specifiec tasks; the youtube viewing profile (used daily) is permanently signed in to my (non-Premium) youtube account, but when I check my actual gmail mail (for example) which is a different google account, I do it on a different browser profile.
Apologies for confusion over propagation, anyhow & thanks for the correction!
It's been permanent for me the last couple of years or so.
Is it because I'm signed in to youtube, maybe?
The setting propagates to other browsers signed in to the same account, I think.
No, it's not propagated to other browsers signed into the same account, it explicitly says that in the settings page.
Maybe part of the issue is that I am logged into the same account across three different devices, or that I have other Google accounts too logged in (but I don't use YouTube in them, only the account with Premium).
Anyway, it should be trivial for Google to make it actually permanent (I would love it it was stored in my account, which I pay for Premium on, instead of local or cookie storage), but lots of people have this problem.
> it's not propagated to other browsers signed into the same account, it explicitly says that in the settings page
Yeah, you are absolutely right & I misremembered - forgot I copied over my browser profile.
It is definitely a permanent setting for me though, on both laptop & desktop profiles, haven't had to re-set it since I discovered it. (Firefox/linux).
Maybe the difference is in handling multiple google accounts differently. My approach: I tend to create browser profiles for specifiec tasks; the youtube viewing profile (used daily) is permanently signed in to my (non-Premium) youtube account, but when I check my actual gmail mail (for example) which is a different google account, I do it on a different browser profile.
Apologies for confusion over propagation, anyhow & thanks for the correction!