They ask for your search history then
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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
My red flag would be showing them NewPipe, with recommendations turned completely off.
scrion@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
My browser clears private data at the end of every session.
scrion@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Same, but you were talking about NewPipe. I assume you use that on your phone.
And while you can disable the search history there, too, it often is convenient not to have to type the name of that thing you want to listen to while you’re driving, so many people leave it enabled.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
YSK you could also swipe single entries away in your Newpipe search history.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
I just leverage playlists or bookmarks, typically. But while driving, I play my FLAC library off a thumbdrive.
_____@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The brain rotted min doesn’t understand the lack of an infinite pit of o-face reaction videos to pick from.
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 5 weeks ago
Or switching profiles in GrapheneOS so I can look at my Google apps
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Newpipe has recommendations?
solrize@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It has “hot” but I don’t think the feed is personalized.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
And subscriptions using RSS feeds instead of a YouTube account.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Guilty.
Having no actual presence on social media is considered “creepy” by modern social standards, instead of what I view it as: more secure.
FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve got some bad news for you…
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
I meant no actual presence on social media where I’m not using a pseudonym, and exchange profiles with the general public that I meet.
tyler@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Forums are not social media. How is this hard to understand. Forums have existed for decades longer than social media and if you include forums in the definition of social media then you literally by definition include every comment section on every blog, news site, and even things like the FCC request for comments from citizens.
It’s absolutely idiotic to include forums in that definition. You make the definition so wide as to be useless.
FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If that’s considered creepy then I’m john wayne gacy
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I find avoiding social media helps reduce encounters with the insane side of people who somehow appear to be relatively normal in real life.
For instance, I actually like my inlaws in real life, despite having some very different views than they do. On Facebook however, they’re complete fucking idiots that I wouldn’t give the time of day because they would just argue with me about it.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
It’s odd how that proxy allows people to act feral.
Though I’ll admit to trolling a little bit here and there, so maybe I’m not the best example.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
It’s funny, I’m the opposite. In real life, I openly advocate for seizing the means of production and guillotining the rich, but I don’t do that on Facebook because I don’t want to get banned.
hydration9806@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I’ve had the opposite response. Generally I get a “good on ya, I should really delete it too”
solrize@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I actually got a date once by saying I had 10 laptop computers and no Facebook account. Not a good match in other regards, but the person was cool about privacy.