Any post on lemmy that goes against the Linux/ FoSS hivemind gets down voted instantly, regardless if it is well thought out or not.
Firipu
joined 1 year ago
Yeah, tbh, the insane focus on privacy makes YouTube a lot worse, no shit. The algorithm just throws shit at the wall hoping it sticks, what do you expect?
Make a burner account only for YouTube. See how the quality goes up because you can follow people you are actually interested in.
I personally really don't see the privacy risk with that? (then again, I gave up on the idea of true privacy online years ago. Privacy through obscurity is enough. I don't care big companies recognize my habits, as long as they don't know 100% exactly who I am.)
I looked into it a few years ago. Eg left thumb locks biometrics and requires pw (thus saving you from this particular law) . Right thumb just unlocks like normal.
Back then it was impossible, because biometrics couldn't differentiate between fingerprints for lord knows which security reason.
No idea if there is a solution for this already, but imo it would be a very important security feature.
I'm not arguing Google is a holy company and inheritely good. It's just that they offer a service and in the capitalist market we live in, they want/need to be compensated. If you don't like it, vote with your wallet. I can live with the price I pay to use YouTube. It gives me just enough joy in life that I find the monetary fee reasonable. If they would jack up the prices, I might say fuck it and find alternatives.
My whole point is that this blocking of ad blocking apps is not a surprise at all, and even understandable from a capitalist company pov.
That doesn't mean I support capitalism and assholes making life worse for us plebs. It just means that in this particular situation, it fits with my lifestyle as a cog in the machine. It's too much of a pita for me personally to "pirate" YouTube vids like I do with other media content.
Been saying this for years, the day Firefox gets native gestures, is the day I'll swap.
Can't live without them (and speeddial tbh)
Why would I use brave (with its weird fucked up crypto links) over Vivaldi? If you're using chromium anyway, I don't get the brave love.
I'm a big John Scalzi fan. Whenever one of his books release, it's basically xmas for me. There have been a few less than stellar books, but overal they are very enjoyable.
I would buy your soap
Mainly using messenger... Can't get any of my friends (admittedly millennials) to move over to discord or even WhatsApp...
At least it beats using fucking Line, which is the dominant platform where I live. That app is pure cancer.
Sucks, but social life decides which platform you use.
Oooh man, that tin box! We had that as our cookie tin box when I was a kid.
Does anyone have any idea where that comes from?