Comment on Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish

• Misconduct@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah that’s great and all until you realize that paying for services just allows them take your money and still also do whatever they want with your data lol. If I could give them money for a guarantee that they wouldn’t collect or sell my data on top of that then…maybe. Probably not since I’d never trust Google to keep their word on that they’re so slimy now.

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  • edenbenzaken@lemmy.org.il ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yep, I pay services such as Fastmail and Kagi monthly with no hesitation. Either I pay or I get spied on, what kinda lame ass deal is it if both happen?

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    • AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Microsoft did not like that

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• mememuseum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  These companies ran these services for years without any of this crap.

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• spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean, even if you pay for the service, they still harvest you, which is double dipping. So…

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  • Boiglenoight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You pay for the service to watch the videos. Or you watch the ads that advertisers pay Youtube to show to you. This concern about data harvesting is a side concern that isn’t unique to Youtube. If you sign up for a free membership, mailing list, etc. from any place you shop (say, the grocery store to get their members’ price discounts), you’re allowing yourself to have your data mined and monetized.

    You could watch Youtube without signing in.

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