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@jamey Just don't go to YouTube and your problem is solved?

@kris I'm curious: what outcome did you hope for by posting this? Did you sincerely want to persuade me to not visit YouTube, or maybe you hoped to make me laugh?

@jamey Yes, I'm sincerely trying to persuade you to no take all these steps with YT, if you can instead go to yewtu.be (or any Invidious instance) for example which offers all YT content without ads. I haven't visited YT for moths. I thought you knew the alternative and wondered you have specific reasons to still visit YT?

@kris A few notes:

• I use Temporary Containers extensively, so for me it's very simple to add a little more configuration to make YouTube work the way I want as well. I would like more people to be aware of this extension since it's useful for so many things. YouTube just happens to be one thing where a lot of people are looking for better tools right now.

• Usually, the only reason I visit YouTube is because I'm following a link someone shared, so automating the process of resetting cookies lets me just click links without thinking about it. On my phone I use NewPipe which gives me most of the same benefits; I imagine you like that if you like Invidious. Other people use YouTube in different ways than I do, so my methods might not be the best choice for them, and that's okay.

• I didn't ask for advice on this topic. I wrote my post with hope that some people might find my experience helpful. There are many ways to achieve privacy and independence from Google, including great options like PeerTube which cut Google out of the process entirely. I think it's great that other methods work for you, but I would suggest that in the future you think again before replying to a post like this one. Your more recent reply is more helpful—you suggest a specific alternative that might meet the same needs rather than flippantly suggesting not using YouTube at all, and you ask why I chose my approach rather than making assumptions. But many people do not appreciate either kind of reply and will either ignore you or react badly.

@jamey Thanks for taking time and sharing the notes. Really helpful and much appreciated. I'm not an active participant in discussions, unless something turns up very intriguing maybe once a year

@jamey * I'm a bit an outcast when it comes to "mainstream technologies" (like YT), due to my inner anti-consumerism views. I'm not trying to make a point on this, just trying to excuse my misperception of people's needs

@jamey * I use "Privacy Redirect" plug-in when I click on links which automatically redirects me, so again, my setup resulted in my wrong assumption that it's easy for others as well. I also limit applications on my phone and use of it to bare minimum to spend less time in front of another screen, so this could lead me to a wrong assumption about that others may still need it.

@jamey * Indeed, I misinterpreted your post like a struggle you're going through. Sorry about that.

Thanks for all advise on replying to posts, I'll keep that in mind. Apologies if anything I said sounded inappropriate.

@kris Thanks for taking my advice well! And I'm happy to learn about "Privacy Redirect": I'm glad there are so many ways to protect privacy. Although I've advised you to be more careful about how you reply, I strongly agree with your anti-consumerist and privacy-focused intent. I hope the rest of your day is good

@jamey Thanks!