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GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] 26 points 4 months ago (17 children)

Most people don't care.

Hell I'm even the "weird one" only because I tend to use FOSS options when I can.

Who the hell would use YouTube over NewPipe??

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago*

    Brothers in arms mate. I use FOSS whenever absolutely possible. I hear about a new type of service, and my first criteria before evaluating it is, can I run it as FOSS? If the answer to that question is no, then I immediately reject that new service until I can use it in a FOSS manner. Do not pass go. Do not collect one Monero.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Is there an advantage to using newpipe if I pay for premium?

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    You can stop giving Evil Inc your hard earned money

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  • [–] -4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It's like 5usd for a family plan in my country. I doubt that's making a dfference. Also, I sincerely doubt you're not using any Google services/products in your life. Not to mention that there are plenty of "evil inc"s out there.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Re: 5 USD. Google makes most of it's money from advertising - which works by tracking everything you do and building detailed profiles of you.

    Re: I sincerely doubt you’re not using any Google services/products in your life. Not to mention that there are plenty of "evil inc"s out there. This might not be intentional, but it sounds to me like whataboutism combined with "there is no perfect option, so we shouldn't do anything". 90% reduction in use of google services, is better than not doing anything. Heck, 10% reduction is better. Whatever gets you started on the journey. And as a lot of people have correctly identified, it's not easy. It takes time.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Google makes most of it's money from advertising - which works by tracking everything you do and building detailed profiles of you.

    So the answer's "no"? Gotcha. I do try to avoid using google products and I do use extensions to try to prevent tracking. So maybe they're making less money off of me than others? Who knows.

    This might not be intentional, but it sounds to me like whataboutism combined with "there is no perfect option, so we shouldn't do anything".

    Not even close my friend. However, you can't fight every single battle. I try to pollute as little as possible, selfhost everything I can, don't buy things I don't really need, etc. Regarding youtube though? I just wanted to watch videos without ads on my tv and it cost me next to nothing to be able to do that.

    Pro tip :P you can use "> " to quote text. It's easier to read.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I feel the days of free YouTube front ends is coming to an end. I'm honestly surprised they're still alive. Didn't they try to kill yt-dlp recently? Together with their playstore developer verifications, YouTube VPN restrictions, making life harder for Android derivatives, YouTube ad blockers, and on and on, I don't see a bright future for anything that piggybacks off of Google's back.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    i had to install Newpipe in my gf's phone, she'd show me something in YT and need to wade through endless shit before getting to the content. I forget occasionally how shitty an experience YT can be if you don't make some effort until i use someone elses device.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Ironically, the "weirder" option is more convenient in most cases. NewPipe sometimes breaks when there are API changes or some bs, and vids with age restrictions don't work at all so I would need to look for another vid with the same content (or use a browser sadly)

    I think spreading awareness about privacy would be the first step to move people into decentralized platforms

    Getting more open hardware though requires more efforts unfortunately

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