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I'm worried that if I block adds and get caught they will eventually sanction my other Google accounts (i.e. Gmail and Drive). I'm thinking about adding YouTube
by cactusplant7374 3y ago
I'm worried that if I block adds and get caught they will eventually sanction my other Google accounts (i.e. Gmail and Drive). I'm thinking about adding YouTube to /etc/hosts and only browsing through Tor.
- gaius_baltar 3y agoYou can drop YT logins completely. On desktop use Firefox Account Containers to always open YT in an isolated container and never login. On Android, just use NewPipe. Of course, you won't have personal recommendations, playlists, watch later, etc. bu in the current state of the things, it is a feature.
- timbit42 3y agoYou can also use RSS to subscribe to YT channels. I use Flym on Android along with NewPipe w/SponsorBlock.
- tomjen3 3y agoGoogle can ban you from their services permanently for any reason. What I did was move to my own domain. Its hosted with Apple, but that is not important, I can always move it. I changed most places to use my domain, for the rest I set up a forward from Gmail to my own domain. Then I did a Google Checkout so I have all my mail locally. I moved from Google search to Duck Duck go and now partially to Kagi and AI. Gmail is very sticky, but the hardest Google services to leave was a) Android and b) Youtube. Android meant buying an iPhone and I still haven't found anything that competes with Youtube.