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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI (itsfoss.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It always confuses the hell out of me when I see an ad from someone's phone or computer when showing me a YouTube video or something. It's so jarring that I feel like I got malware on my skin lol

[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

IKWYM!

I think ppl get used to it and it starts to feel normal. But if you get out from under it, and you see it even once, it's awful.