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Re: "Google is toying with us"
In Europe it would be totally illegal to do anything like that: any personally identifying information has to be collected with permission for specified purposes.
Everywhere else, it's just not worth it. When 99% of people are happy with the default privacy settings on offer, why do extra work for the 1% who are trying to avoid being tracked? The extra complexity would be significant, and the risk of negative publicity, for negligible additional profit.
Sep 21 · 3 months ago
🌻 softwarepagan · Sep 23 at 02:16:
@Aelspire This is my fear for the future too.
Google is toying with us — I am sadly drawn to Youtube in my downtime. I have a pretty eclectic taste in what I want to watch to relax, which includes front-window hour-long views of tram rides in various European capital cities, trips through sewers and Chernobyl tunnels, and various waterworks. Yeah, I guess I am a bit weird. Anyway, I try to use various libre vewers for youtube streams, but sometimes I just want to watch on my TV without dicking around with computers. After a break for a...