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.

• viking@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just use Grayjay for youtube.

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    • viking@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨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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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I actually have both installed, but I like how I can have different services with Grayjay.

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