From 006f56130203d971ec247fda562b2d031b74bfa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 09:40:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify watch history messaging

---
 js/historyView.js  | 4 ++--
 views/history.html | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/historyView.js b/js/historyView.js
index a64f5022..1b62291c 100644
--- a/js/historyView.js
+++ b/js/historyView.js
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ export function createWatchHistoryRenderer(config = {}) {
     }
     if (elements.privacyMessage) {
       elements.privacyMessage.textContent =
-        "Your encrypted history is private to this device. Titles and thumbnails hydrate when relays provide them.";
+        "Watch history only stores the event IDs of videos you've played. Titles and thumbnails reload from relays when available.";
     }
     if (elements.privacyToggle) {
       setHidden(elements.privacyToggle, true);
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ export function createWatchHistoryRenderer(config = {}) {
       return;
     }
     const message =
-      "Thumbnails and titles hydrate from your encrypted history or relays when available. Nothing is published from this view.";
+      "Watch history keeps a lean list of event IDs and reloads details from relays or your session on demand. Nothing is published from this view.";
     elements.info.textContent = message;
   }
 
diff --git a/views/history.html b/views/history.html
index b54390d0..e04d19c7 100644
--- a/views/history.html
+++ b/views/history.html
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
         class="flex flex-col gap-3 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-between"
       >
         <p id="watchHistoryPrivacyMessage" class="text-sm text-info">
-          Your history stays encrypted. Share metadata with relays to sync
-          thumbnails across devices?
+          Watch history only stores the event IDs of videos you've played.
+          Titles and thumbnails reload from relays when available.
         </p>
         <div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
           <button id="watchHistoryPrivacyToggle" type="button" class="btn">
-            Share metadata
+            Got it
           </button>
           <button
             id="watchHistoryPrivacyDismiss"
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
     </div>
 
     <div id="watchHistoryInfo" class="card p-md text-sm">
-      Thumbnails and titles are hydrated locally from your device caches.
+      Watch history keeps a lean list of event IDs. Details load on demand
+      from relays or your session when you open this page.
     </div>
 
     <div