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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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So the goal is to replace YouTube with non-video content not just replacing it with a different ui or provider. That sounds more doable. Good to hear that it improved.
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Yeah I liked that too then they suddenly say they replaced it with Peertube… which doesn’t make anything sense to me.
Replacing YouTube with reading is a great idea but replacing YouTube with peertube still makes no sense. No tracking for .0000000001% of the content.
It makes their goals in this post unclear to me. Is it to degoogle or to devideo.
I understand your point. I suspect the main advantage the post isn’t making clear is that PeerTube doesn’t have the same ensnaring algorithm that YouTube does, so it doesn’t keep you endlessly watching the next video or at least suggesting another video to you.
I think that’s kind of an advantage of a lot of fediverse alternatives is they’re comparatively “boring” in that they force you to be more intentional. They don’t just serve you up the next thing that they’ve calculated you’re likely to engage with. If you subscribe/follow accounts, you’ll see them, but you won’t see content you don’t subscribe to.
Not that you can’t get just as addicted but it’s at least much less convenient.
I honestly find this a negative which is spread around carelessly as a positive. On Peertube I see zero content except linux. On Mastodon I can only either find that one star trek dude, linux and foss dudes, or libs complaining about politics. Lemmy is easier to find stuff but has very little content.
I’ve let go of all other google and social media formats but youtube has actually good content and honestly a good algorithm. I search for something I want or watch something from my youtube rss feed then it recommends what I want. I have ads and tracking blocked. I only get the content I want.
I can’t say the same for most of the fediverse honestly.
That’s honestly just showed me how pointless it all is…
I mean, those are definitely fair points. I don’t think the fediverse services are for everyone and frankly I don’t engage with them that much cause they aren’t great at this point. I think I like the idea and the ethos more than the reality, but I keep trying hoping it will improve.
Fully agree with you, ethos is much better than reality. What do you use instead then?