Why We Don't Sell Your YouTube History

Why We Don't Sell Your YouTube History

There's a saying in tech: "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product."

Gazenest is the opposite of that model. You pay for the service, and in return, your data stays yours. Not ours. Not an advertiser's. Yours.

Our business model

Gazenest makes money one way: subscriptions.

Plan Price What you get
Solo From €4.99/mo Core features for one person
Plus From €7.99/mo Full features including Intent Mode
Family From €12.99/mo Up to 5 family members
Pro From €19.99/mo Unlimited everything

That's it. No ads, no data sales, no "anonymised" data partnerships, no affiliate deals with YouTube creators.

Why this matters

Your viewing history is intimate

Your YouTube history reveals:

  • Your interests and hobbies
  • Your health concerns (if you search for symptoms)
  • Your political leanings
  • Your entertainment preferences
  • Your learning goals
  • Your insecurities (if you watch self-help content)

This data is more personal than most people realise. Companies would pay good money for it. We don't sell it because it's not ours to sell.

"Anonymised" data isn't anonymous

Many companies claim they sell only "anonymised" data. But research has repeatedly shown that viewing patterns can be re-identified with surprisingly little information. A few favourite channels and typical viewing times are often enough to identify someone.

We don't anonymise and sell. We don't sell at all.

No incentive misalignment

Companies that make money from data have a perverse incentive: the more you use their product, the more data they collect, the more money they make. This creates pressure to make products addictive.

Gazenest's incentive is the opposite. We make money when you subscribe. You subscribe when the product helps you. We're incentivised to actually improve your YouTube habits - because that's what keeps you paying.

What we do with your data

Action Do we do it?
Encrypt PII (email, IP) Yes - AES-256-GCM
Compute behavioural scores Yes - server-side only
Show you your own data Yes - on your dashboard
Share with advertisers Never
Sell to data brokers Never
Use for AI training Never
Share with YouTube/Google Never
Provide to law enforcement Only with valid legal order

What happens when you leave

If you delete your account:

  1. Your account is deactivated immediately
  2. After 30 days, all data is permanently deleted
  3. This includes: videos, sessions, scores, devices, sync logs
  4. Encrypted fields are destroyed - the encryption key is deleted
  5. Nothing remains. No ghost profiles, no "just in case" backups

You can also export everything before deleting - we provide a full data export in your dashboard settings.

No venture capital, no exit pressure

Gazenest is an independent product. We're not backed by venture capital firms expecting a 10x return through data monetisation or an acquisition. There's no board meeting where someone suggests "what if we started showing targeted ads?"

The product is the product. The revenue is subscriptions. That's the whole business model.


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Last updated: 4 June 2026