Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it

• RejZoR@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • U7826391786239@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

    coveryourtracks.eff.org

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    • morto@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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      • U7826391786239@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i think the message is there’s no such thing as 100% private/anonymous–there’ll always be something giving you up

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    • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why does firefox allow random people to farm all that information? That’s the real problem here.

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      • U7826391786239@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        it’s not just firefox. pretty sure that’s just how the web works. i use librewolf with privacy badger, canvas blocker, and ublock, but it’s still built around firefox. i get a “unique fingerprint” notification, but also “you have strong tracking protection”

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