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I was at first super confused by this comment, because cross play has been a thing for at least a year or two without YouTube premium. You just have to enable YouTube history and it will populate across devices. I know a lot of people disabled YouTube history because it tailors the experience but it's a fair tradeoff for continuity.

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YouTube history is not the seamless experience that I get from literally every other content provider charging even less money than they do. Netflix, Amazon, BBC iPlayer, Spotify etc. all give me access to continue the last thing I was watching with a click, or even do so automatically (or have the option to). Some even have a "switch to room" function which is further empowering.

Having it hidden three menus away is archaic and not the 'continuity' I'm looking for. It's a small thing but it's a) painfully simple to implement and b) one of many of these kinds of small usability gripes that make it a lesser experience.

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