Vexz@kbin.social to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoYouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accountsnitter.netexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down14
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minus-squareoctoperson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoIf you use youtube on a mobile app rather than a browser, it doesn’t have an address bar
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down8·11 months agoNever use an app for what should be a web page.
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agowebsites are sandboxed while apps have almost full access. So, no, they don’t.
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agohttps://www.techopedia.com/definition/25266/sandboxing
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months ago Apps are legitimately great. Except they are mostly just lobotomized websites where you can’t copy the text or save media to your local device.
minus-squareOminousOrange@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoBut it’s blockable on websites. Firefox with ublock makes YouTube, Facebook, and instragam a relatively pleasant experience again.
minus-squareserratur@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoThere is other apps like newpipe or grayjay, i havent experienced any ads using them
minus-squareTigrisMorte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoAnd I know folks that have never lost money on crypto. Doesn’t make crypto less of a risk.
If you use youtube on a mobile app rather than a browser, it doesn’t have an address bar
Never use an app for what should be a web page.
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websites are sandboxed while apps have almost full access. So, no, they don’t.
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https://www.techopedia.com/definition/25266/sandboxing
Except they are mostly just lobotomized websites where you can’t copy the text or save media to your local device.
But it’s blockable on websites. Firefox with ublock makes YouTube, Facebook, and instragam a relatively pleasant experience again.
There is other apps like newpipe or grayjay, i havent experienced any ads using them
And I know folks that have never lost money on crypto. Doesn’t make crypto less of a risk.