Hi,

I was wondering about the services I can’t boycott. Youtube being one.

If youtubes value is my usage data, can I obfuscate their data by liking things I don’t really care about, changing my info, and get irrelevant ads, thus making the advertising product less effective and valuable?

And create some doubt about value in the mind of advertisers in the proces?

I’m not dumb enough to think it matters if only I do it. But if it was a movement?

  • Uri@infosec.pubEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    I just download 7-8 videos once with ytdpl or newpipe on my phone and watch them offline later. I use a fedi bot named birb to keep updated with some creators I follow. Some creators are on other platforms like odysee

    • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      I tried using Odysee. Unfortunately, it’s a far right hellhole with vaccine and climate misinformation. Very weird vibes there.

      • Uri@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        I don’t follow those people. I just ignore them. I follow those people I already known from YouTube