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submitted 1 year ago by negativenull@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Most servers are not able to access the Google API.

Invidious report of the same(ish) problem: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4045#issuecomment-1674373088

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[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Most of what they use your data for is to serve you ads. If you're blocking ads, that data isn't all that valuable.

[-] Contend6248@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They still have valuable data, they collect how interesting something is, so you're even contributing to the algorithm and you essentially advertise videos you're watching to other users with similar interests on the platform. People without adblock will come plenty.

That ad blocking on Youtube makes you a worthless user for anyone on there is just not true.

this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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