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I really like the song! But it doesn't sound like Itzy's other works. Wonder if they're changing there style or if it's a one time thing 🤔.

but I think Google will do more. They've been trying to break it for ages. It's one of those never ending fights. Doubt it'll end soon.

Even if it does, then we're at a point that "just use a good browser and uBlock Origin" also won't cut it. Honestly, those will break much sooner than dedicated projects that are much more sophisticated in getting around YT-stuff. As soon as they put a login requirement on the site, which is needed to break apps like NewPipe, the browser + uBlock idea already won't cut it anymore, no matter if you got a VPN ot not.

As for Aurora, as long as Average Joe still uses Google Play without a care I'm not too worried about it. People use AdBlock for the ease, but using Aurora doesnt't give ease. It's only the tiny group of privacy people interested in it, which is a much smaller demographic that'll be hard to convert to Google services. If they break Aurora, the amount of non-playstore requests to developers is going to to pump up and as long as stuff like APKMirror and apk downloads from vendors still exist people will download by hand over using the Play Store. It's a lot of trouble that likely just leads people further away from Google.

I have no clue why you're taking up for him so much. He's a billionaire, he'll be fine. And if we're to believe Elon, Twitter as a company should have enough liquidity in and off itself too.

And if Twitter doesn't, and Twitter really can't pay bills, Elon deserves the crap because it's not exactly like he's been a victim of circumstances. He's not a poor guy who lost his job, he's a rich guy that trew all his money into extremely unconventional business practices and now gets bitten by that.

If it's sustainable or not isn't important. He had chances to check all the paperworks before he bought Twitter, and proudly proclaimed he didn't. If there is a contract with Google for these prices, they should be paid. If that's not sustainable, Elon shouldn't be signing that or be asap negotiating about those contracts after the take over. Or move, but then you still stop paying after you agreed on two sides, not when you don't like it anymore.

If I now use my saving for the deposit on a villa and then can't pay the rent, no one will cry for me. Because I signed something above my paygrade. I don't see why we should feel bad when a comoany like Twitter got a hosting service above their paygrade. It's not like Google forced them under gunfire to sign for that.

If there really is no way Twitter can't pay the bill and Elon won't or can't do so personally, it's time to file for bankruptcy. But sonehow I'm doubting he'll do that that easily. Knowing him, he'll probably rather go spend millions on lawsuits against Google while posting on Twitter how Google bullies him 🙄.

Well, you're right. I was mixing a few things up in my head. My bad. Altrough I did find a few interesting ways that can be used by websites to find client side DNS, it isn't exactly the norm or likely to hit you with custom setups.

I retract my point on DNS, but the general notion that do-it-yourself isn't always better stays. Al be it off-topic here now.

Ah yes, poor Elon is too poor to pay his bills. And Google must have suddenly increased the prices, it's not like they have contracts to adhere to regarding those kinda things.

My favourite is still Suicide Linux.

NewPipe (on Piped technology) is working fine here? As long as YT isn't behind a login they will keep working. If they do put it behind login, tbf they'll likely find way around it again sooner or later.

I agree that front-ends are always in an endless fight against these Big Tech solutions. But for content not available on other platforms it's an necesity and a better solution than simply an adblocker. And sadly it'll take a long time before content moves away, Average Joe isn't really worried about Google as much as they are about the cons of moving away from YT.

As I said:

as it'll make fingerprinting also much easier.

Fingerprinting is a technique where they look at everything they can grab from received requests and try to use that info to identify people. The things you block (like ads and trackers), the used DNS, your user agent, your IP, etc. It's all used to try to identify you. The more you blend in with others, the harder to identify you are. The more custom stuff you have, the easier to identify you are.

If fingerprinting or not having to trust third parties is more important depends on your threat model. But it's important to know the risks of a trust-no-one do-it-yourself approach when making the decision.

Funny enough I haven't heard the "I have nothing to hide" one much. They either don't care about the topic at all (especially since they don't notice the influence, even if it is there), or by now just accepted it because it's too much trouble to do something about.

A bit off topic, but in continuation of that: And honestly, if you're not already in it, I can kinda see that. If you know what to do, life without Big Tech and other tracking stuff isn't too hard or inconvenient. But for Average Joe who barely knows how to open FB, setting all that crap up and finding everything out is a huge task. How often don't we see people who are trying to do stuff that they think will help, but because XYZ reason actually doesn't matter shit or even makes it worse instead of better?

Doesn't change the fact I do have big interest in privacy & security, do what I can to better mine, and will help my close ones with it if I can. Nor does it change that I will advocate for it, and tell people (in honesty) that every step matters even if you can't do it all. But at the same time I can kinda understand Average Joe being more busy with the stuff he notices directly is troubling him in his everyday life, and isn't that eager to get into the deep rabbit hole of digital privacy.

It's also why I like services like Proton and Signal. They are easy. While there sure is risk in not having all control yourself and instead relying on a provider who has closed off area's and in theory could turn evil, Average Joe won't ever get into the complexity of doing it himself. He either needs a pre-made easy-to-use setup, or he'll go there where it is available at the cost of privacy.

I managed to get my almost my whole family and friendgroup on Signal. Some friends switched to Proton too. But even most into-IT ones aren't on Matrix, Mastodon or Lemmy. It's exactly because of this.

Simple Dialer from Simple Mobile Tools. I use a lot of that line for basic stuff. Works perfectly fine really.

If you get a lot of spam calls, maybe think how they all got your number. My experience is that if you're careful with distributing it, you rarely get them to start with. Regular blocking functionality and spam recognistion is more than enough.

Simple Dialer from Simple Mobile Tools. I use a lot of that line for basic stuff. Works perfectly fine really.

If you get a lot of spam calls, maybe think how they all got your number. My experience is that if you're careful with distributing it, you rarely get them to start with. Regular blocking functionality and spam recognistion is more than enough.