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I ended my Premium subscription about six months ago and instead got a VPN set to Albania. Ads? Gone. I live fucking with the google’s data harvesting operations
Like Christmas in Whoville, freedom doesn’t come wrapped in a company.
Freedom comes from standing in the cold naked air on open source software with no cloud services except what you can wrangle from the earth with your own two hands.
Edit: All this discussion has me worked up. I’m going to go use hand tools to carve a canue.
I ended my Premium subscription about six months ago and instead got a VPN set to Albania. Ads? Gone. I live fucking with the google’s data harvesting operations
You can also install ReVanced on Android
On my mom’s apple TV?
The ones who scream the loudest about this never have a solution for Apple devices and it’s annoying.
They exist; people just don’t take the time to figure it out and give an answer.
As much as I disagree with their practices, Brave browser on iOS will block YT ads.
We saw Apple’s closed ecosystem as the trap that it is, and avoided it. Can’t really help you if you’re still inside the cage.
You’re also missing out on a bunch of other cool shit, honestly.
But I get it, it is convenient. I’m not mad. I just also can’t help you fly free until you leave the cage.
“Flee the cage” to another company that’s going to limit what I can and can’t load AND is selling my data at every possible moment?
Who’s the one deluding themselves now?
I didn’t recommend Google and I don’t sit in their cage either.
We early adopters are so far further away than you imagine.
Here’s the starter kit, if you’re ready:
Edit: lol. fuck it, you sound angry, and anger might be what you need to go all the way. Added link to GrapheneOs.
So what company do you recommend?
I recommend freedom.
Like Christmas in Whoville, freedom doesn’t come wrapped in a company.
Freedom comes from standing in the cold naked air on open source software with no cloud services except what you can wrangle from the earth with your own two hands.
Edit: All this discussion has me worked up. I’m going to go use hand tools to carve a canue.