Comment on Apps doing year wrapped gives you a hint on how are you being tracked. There is probably a legal issue there somewhere like data retention.

• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah, I try not to install apps from major companies and use 3rd party when possible. O always just assume that those are tracking you even if they say they aren’t

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  • viking@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yep, if there’s a third party app available I’ll take those instead, or for the likes of spotify I just download my music for offline playback. Not a fan of streaming in general, I’m a big proponent of file ownership. A bit different for youtube videos that I treat as disposable (consume it once and likely never again), but for music and movies, I need to hold on to the files. Even if I got legitimate access through Netflix or Prime, if it’s good, I’ll download a copy for archiving purposes.

    For other apps I’ll try to get a FOSS alternative or if that fails (or is butt ugly) I’ll go with a small dev on google play instead.

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I just use Grayjay for youtube.

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      • viking@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Newpipe for me. On desktop I use the plain old website, but with adblock, sponsorblock and all other privacy enabling plugins, and of course on Firefox.

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