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  • Not going back to Jerboa unless the basic feature of searching contents other than just communities is implemented. I find this fundamental feature sorely lacking in Jerboa while every other app around there have this.

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    https://github.com/LemmyNet/jerboa/issues/27

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    Kind of surprising, because this is pretty basic feature, and has been open for over two years.




  • Most Piped instances are also not working because they use NewPipe Extractor under the hood.

    As someone else said in this thread, I have also temporarily switched to FreeTube for Android, because a few of the Invidious instances are still working fine.

    The nice thing about the FOSS world is that it’s pretty easy to import subscriptions and other stuff from NewPipe to FreeTube.

    I hope this YouTube fuckery is handled soon. I love NewPipe way more every time it successfully deals with the YT weirdos.













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    1 year ago

    To provide “personal recommendation”, an App would most likely need to profile you, i.e. track your viewing habits and trends, and forecast your areas of interests.

    IMO this goes directly against the concept of privacy.

    On the brighter side, I think Freetube (local, on windows) and LibreTube (on Android, but needs a piped account) can provide personalized video suggestions, but you yourself should check them out.


  • Whenever I hear this argument

    “Most people are not interesting enough to profile, so they don’t need this XYZ privacy tool…”

    I always have this ready as a counter argument

    "Only a stupid person would not care about pickpockets just because his wallet does not have much cash - a pickpocket will not ask you how much cash you have before picking your wallet, and even if your wallet turns up to be empty, the pickpocket is not going to be a gentleman and return that to you.

    Tracking/profiling for Ads on the internet happen en masse; you are just one of a million data points that build a profile - it doesn’t care whether you as an individual are interesting or not".




  • and every single one of my friends created accounts and hopped on to chat rooms

    FOMO and Privacy usually do not mix well. Unless you can come out of “All my friends are doing it, so it must be cool” mindset, you will find it difficult to appreciate privacy.

    You yourself said

    and that social life also includes the use of social media apps

    Note the keyword “includes”. So Social Life is not JUST social media apps. As someone mentioned already, dating starts best with face to face interactions.

    Have you tried the good old phone number exchange, may be to try out texting?

    Lastly, if someone wants to understand the real me based on my Instagram profile and activities - I would stay away from that person. YMMV.