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And if you click the YT link, Google is spying on you. Sad no alternative is given, but that would hurt the bottom line, right?
Look you are right, but everything that promotes awareness about privacy it's a plus in my book.
Being the devil's advocate, nexus gamer is not a privacy channel. They are a tech one that started doing some journalism and they seem to be new to the privacy side of things. This story come about after the monitor ad pop stuff.
Related rant: For me phones are way more scary, they are everywhere, and you have no control on your friends and family devices. You can´t ask everyone to buy pixels and install graphene os on them.
Its an interesting topic of discourse, no?
And certainly some argument such as "more eyes" can be a valid part of the overall discussion.
For myself, I would counter that posting YT links in a privacy focused community is defeatist in nature. Literally rewarding a platform, influencers that actually have no genuine interest in the topic, other than they found a new crowd they can cash in upon.
Obviously I didn't watch, but informed guess -- the video was 10 times longer than it needed to be, filled with fluff to fit in ever more commercials and/or inline promotions?
Does anyone interested in privacy not know TVs are invasive & nasty?
Perhaps. So start a topic upon it, without feeding the beast you wish to slay. Its truly a good discussion. And much valuable input from those who have confronted it can be shared.
I do agree, phones are horrific, and none of my crowd cares about privacy. Running a degoogled OS, no microG, no play store, only open source apps. We all try to take whatever steps we can, and its not easy, including changing ones online habits, usually the biggest obstacle. Which makes putting YT links in these privacy forums insulting.
Seriously. That is my (unpopular) opinion. I call it my ongoing journey to walk the walk best as able.
One can be offended, or reflect upon their habits effecting real change. I'll end my rants on this topic now. Cheers, mate!
Open said link in your front end of choice
Save yourself the time you spent writing this
Profit
Folks sure get cranky & defensive when the hypocrisy of their favorite "privacy" influencers cashing in on them is called out.
Talk the talk, but won't walk the walk.
Sad.