Comment on YSK you can poison your personal data to fight against surveillance capitalism.
CreepingAberration@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
What’s the tl;dr for people that don’t want to navigate to YouTube?
If you’re on android, you can use an app like NewPipe to view YouTube content without actually going to YouTube. https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe
On a browser, you can use an invidious instance like https://yewtu.be. That also lets you view YouTube content ad free without signing in.
Doesn’t work when using a vpn
I read “if you’re An android”, and was very confused for a second.
Pipepipe supersedes newpipe doesn’t it? That’s what I’m using anyhow.
Never heard of it. I’ll check it out though!
invidious instances never work for me, but with this one i could get further than ever, but when trying to play a video i get this error: “The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.”
what could this be?
YouTube is actively blocking Invidious and other proxies and bots for the past couple years or so. Additionally, for some reason some Invidious instances consistently don’t work for me, while other ones consistently do.
Frankly, if YouTube works for you directly, I’m gonna advise using it via NewPipe and various desktop apps, as Invidious instances could be easily overwhelmed, what with them being hosted by individual volunteers. Video traffic is heavy.
I get that sometimes too. Here are some other instances to try if you haven’t already:
https://inv.nadeko.net/feed/popular
This firefox extension will automatically redirect you to alternative frontends for a few different services:
I second this. If you get a response can you please let me know?
A response is in! :)
Thanks OP.
Best I can do is AI generated transcript: pastes.io/if-i-told-
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Don’t engage with algorithms, especially ones trying to sell things, like major corporate social media.
Pretend to be something you’re not, especially vulnerable targeted populations. This lowers their ability easily target minorities.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 hours ago
In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan. But in my dreams I played a different role. I was Monique Gibeau in post-war France! A hooker, with a heart of black charcoal.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
So the fact that I occasionally get ads in Spanish, despite being a native-English speaker in a mainly English-speaking country, means I’m doing something right?
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
I would say so. You can also intermittently make a new profile, and seed it initially with wildly different personal info and interests.
It is a good practice to restart independent accounts and not reuse them on multiple devices.
You can also silo types of information, like location, personal stats, email, browsing history, web searches, chat services, calls, etc.