some choices mentioned are questionable (e.g. Brave and PIA), some good solutions are omitted (Organic Maps), but otherwise it's... surpringly not horrible.
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it's... surpringly not horrible.
Except for the video thumbnail.
He's said that he hates it just as much, but it's so effective that not doing it is just bad business.
"I know I'm making an idiot of myself but this way I'm making more money"
He runs a business. Many people's livelihoods rely on the performance of their videos.
Paint it however you like, it doesn't change the facts.
He makes a fool of himself for money. No one is disputing that. You seem to be painting that as a bad thing.
Linus is on the left, that's the only reason I watched the video
What's the issue with PIA? I've used it for quite a while and am quite happy with it.
The choice that surprised me was them recommending 1Password ($40/year) over Bitwarden ($10/year, solid free plan).
here's a nice article about Kape Technologies, the owner of PIA and two other VPN services: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/what-is-kape-technologies-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-parent-company-of-cyberghost-vpn/
Thanks.
Basically any VPN YouTubers shill is not going to result in a net gain in privacy (depending on your threat model) because many of them sell your data themselves, eagerly log traffic and comply with warrants, etc. Also their server IPs are usually known and blocked from various services.
the only horrible thing about this is how bad some of the alternatives are; somehow, it seems that google maps is the only one that will give you directions using public transit.
if I had to guess, it's probably somehow related to how everyone uses Google's standard for public transport feed. I just use a separate transit app that covers bajillion of different cities in my country and lets me buy tickets without using Google Pay.
Organic Maps is testing public transport navigation, by the way, but it's not available in released builds yet: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/blob/master/docs/EXPERIMENTAL_PUBLIC_TRANSPORT_SUPPORT.md
As long as you are still sourcing the content from youtube, you're not really de-googled.
Sure, but with the critical mass of videos on Youtube, and the sheer impossibility of consensually mirroring them all on another platform, accessing YT videos with Invidious or Newpipe is at least safer than wading unprotected onto Google's platforms.
Baby steps.
Yeah it's practically impossible to completely escape GAFAM unless we renounce 'digital life' or make a humongous effort or whatever. It's about reducing / minimizing the amount of shit they know about us, not being the coolest most degoogled guy in the room. I can't afford to quit my job just because they make me use Microsoft Authenticator. So yeah essentially it's better to use Newpipe than Youtube, what a great thing that some dude or dudette decided to develop it for free, Peertube? Even better, yay options, end of story.
Please stop promoting this creep!
I am very confused. Wasn't Linus the one that said that if you watch YouTube videos from creators using adblockers is like pirating their content? I didn't watch the video because I can't stand LTT but I am genuinely confused. Did he change his mind?
his reasoning is that anyone who cares enough to use an adblocker already is, and if it's impossible to prevent it it should at least be done properly
I think if was him he changes that a long time ago, they also have a video about pi-hole.
Edit: Is him yes, he says that in the video around the 14 minute mark.
he promoted ublock and 2 others
LTT is the worst channel for privacy. I do like the channel for new tech and all but not for digital privacy.
What a fucking joke.
This video isn't removed: https://odysee.com/@jopec:7/linus-tech-tips-degoogle-your-life-part-2-adfree-youtube:0