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Oh no youtube
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this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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Its sad this is being downvoted. Ethically you should pay to use the service either through ads and personal data or subscription and personal data.
I don't do either because I don't like Google and don't care about being Ethical to them. I understand why they would try and stop me and I've come to terms with the fact that I will have to give up youtube in the next decade.
I don't get it why is ethical when the options includes "... AND personal data".
If you sign into YouTube with a Google account you've opted into your watch history being linked to your online profile. That's not unethical.
If you're talking ethics, I think the most important thing is that the user controls what their software does. YouTube videos are hosted on the web, and fundamentally people can choose how to display web sites on their own computer. Of course, if YouTube doesn't like this it's their prerogative to not host their content like that.
The user controls what they display but Google controls what YouTube should be. And it should be ad supported or subscription.
@Fizz @Dindonmasker I pay for Youtube Premium.
I still run uBlock Origin on there to cull behind the scenes analytics, and block cross-site cookies from tracking me across the web.