Any way to stop Google from logging me into Youtube?

[Ketchup]

I have a Gmail account, and one thing that bugged me is when I noticed it created a YouTube account for me. If I am logged out of the Gmail account (I don't tell it to stay signed in), I get to YouTube as signed out. But if I sign in to Gmail, follow a link to a "Reply to thread" email, and then click on a linked YouTube video, I am signed on. I shouldn't have to go back and sign out of my Gmail account to stop it from logging me into YouTube.

Any ideas?

 

[Jodell88]

AFAIK no. 🙁

 

[gevorg]

nope, Google shoves on you Youtube, Google+, etc

just use a second browser or a different user session

 

[Ketchup]

nope, Google shoves on you Youtube, Google+, etc

just use a second browser or a different user session

While we're on the subject then, is there anything else it is shoving me into that I don't know about?

 

[gevorg]

assume everything 🙂

consider using Ghostery add-on in your browser

 

[Ketchup]

assume everything 🙂

consider using Ghostery add-on in your browser

Thanks, I'll give it a try. I have been stepping up on my "blocking" add-ons.

 

[lxskllr]

I use a mail client, so I never log into Gmail through the browser. I've been trying to get away from that anyway. I've been trialing Lavabit, and will soon get the paid service.

 

[atreader]

Sign into your gmail account and in a new tab open
https://www.youtube.com/account_advanced

click 'Close account'.

Also check out
https://www.google.com/dashboard/

and https://www.google.com/settings/products

 

[Ketchup]

I actually found a workaround that seems to be working. I went ahead and put Thunderbird on the machine I use the most for gmail and follow my Anandtech forum links from there. When I follow a link to a YouTube video, I am still not logged on to YouTube.