you can kind of ungoogle youtube by using invidious invidious.io
Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
RejZoR@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
There is no fucking way in hell I’ll ever a) watch ads b) pay for Youtube Premium. They created this monopoly with no alternative option and now we’re suppose to just get fucked while they get even more obscenely rich beyond all tasteful levels. Yeah, I don’t think so. And given how I ditched everything Google, if it ever comes to it, I’ll ditch Youtube too. It’s basically the only thing I still even use from Google because there’s just no alternative.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
RejZoR@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
I just use it without account and subscribe to my favorite channels using external RSS feed reader. This way I still keep track of my fav content and doing it entirely outside of Google. If they track me as guest, I really don’t care that much.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Ironically, YouTube is one case that’s much better with personalized recommendations. I even open links from social media in an incognito tab so as to not pollute my recommendations accidentally.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
the hardest thing to stop them tracking you is digital fingerprinting. they don’t need you to sign in, they have a profile with dozens of data points unique to your hardware/browser, unless you’ve got things installs specifically to prevent fingerprinting
morto@piefed.social 19 hours ago
That site is brutal. No matter what I do or what browser setup I use, it always says that I have a unique fingerprint
chunes@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Why does firefox allow random people to farm all that information? That’s the real problem here.
Brewchin@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Don’t forget the phone. Almost everyone with a smartphone is either an Apple or Google user via it, and everyone seems to forget that.
RejZoR@lemmy.ml 3 hours ago
The main issue with phones are fucking banks. Their bullshit insisting on phones having to have locked bootloader is so fucking annoying. I used phone with LineageOS but it was nightmare to work with my bank and they all do this shit to “protect the user”. Yeah right.
Yes, I do use Android phone, but I used ADB AppControl and just deleted and disabled all the Google shit on it (easier on Samsung since they have their own services which I prefer over Google if I have to). I also run DNS level filtering using Hagezi Ultimate list which filters so much shit. Not ideal still, but it works.
Brewchin@lemmy.world 34 minutes ago
Yup. That’s the main thing stopping me from yeeting Google from my phone (also Samsung): the tickbox sanctity of a non-rooted phone that financial (and some other) apps require. Very frustrating.
turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 23 hours ago
Soon will be a good time to quit YT completely. Suddenly, you’ll have lots of time to do all the things you were supposed to do long ago. You know like taking a walk, cooking nice food, reading books, getting to bed early etc.
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
My ad blocker won’t let me watch YouTube. I didn’t know there was a problem. Good ad blocker.