I need to get around to figuring out how to build ReVanced before Youtube Vanced stops working.
FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
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Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#112One and only one question:
Can it limit video search to only the channels in my subscription list?
Youtube seems to have had this feature at one point but it was removed. The only option is to search each channel specifically (a tedious task if you hundreds of channel subscriptions).
If you can provide this incredibly useful but imposible-to-do-manually functionality (search all subscriptions), you'll have a UVP that will make people like me immediately switch.
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#113One and only one question: Can it limit video search to only the channels in my subscription list? Youtube seems to have had this feature at one point but it was removed. The only option is to search each channel specifically (a tedious task if you hundreds of channel subscriptions). If you can provide this incredibly useful but imposible-to-do-manually functionality (search all subscriptions), you'll have a UVP that…
If you've seen the video before you could search your view history.
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you might not be understanding the context of the argument. Google has tons of information on you - way more than it needs, and yet it still doesn’t get recommendations as good as we expect (as you rightly point out). So the issue is that it has tons of extra data than they need because it * doesn’t make their recommendation any better.* Gathering data for the sake of gathering data in todays world of informa…
> Google has tons of information on you Do you have any good sources about this? what do we know for sure Google know and track about us? I work for Google now, but speak for myself here. In my time here (not much, less than a year still) I've seen a huge focus on privacy and not storing user data. Then again, I don't work on ads. However, even before working at Google I was surprised that given my liberal sharing of…
> what do we know for sure Google know and track about us?
For start, your entire search history. After you search, Google tracks how much time you spend on those sites with AdSense. Google reads our emails to scan for flights and to add appointments to calendar. It knows the places we go because Google Maps and the videos we watch online.
Google has plenty data to make an accurate profile of you, and you can see it’s inferences on your relationship status, income, employer and so on in your Google account[1]. (IIRC it was more complete some years ago, now it’s showing less categories or there’s another link I can’t find.)
[1]: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155964...
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
> so Google can not even track what content is consumed by your IP. "Google uses IPs to track you" has been theorized since 2010 or maybe even before, but I've never seen any study or evidence that it actually does so. So, so much of the internet is built on NAT, shared IP space, and short-lived IP addresses that it really doesn't seem like there is any ROI in having engineers keep their IP correlation tech in servic…
IP addresses are frequently kept and stored to show users their active sessions. Are you sincerely doubting that a company like Google doesn't or can't use this information in other ways that support their core business? You don't have to call it "tracking", but I can't think of a better name.
What is a scenario where this actually happens, though?
Imagine two people live in the same residence. One is extremely privacy conscious, doesn’t even have a Google account, and the other doesn’t even run an ad blocker. Both have the same phones on the same OS version, and for sake of argument, both are on the same ipv4.
Does this mean that, if the privacy conscious person opens a private browsing session on their phone and visits some websites, they start getting ads their roommate should be getting? At what point would Google know “this is the same person, show their targeted ads”?
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#116People here talking about how they don't want YouTube to make a profile of their preferences, and here I am, wishing YouTube had a better profile of my preferences. Lately, there is almost no new videos in my recommendation feed. It's mostly either the things I've already watched or new videos from the channels I'm already subscribed to. It really feels like I've exhausted the internet at some point. This can't possi…
Is boob tube 2.0 really better than the original yet? It seemingly can't even stop showing bizarre things to children, recommending good content seems very far away. It's probably not even their business interest if you adblock.
@ivass would you kind msg me, I wanted to ask you something, but there is no connection info on your profile.
twitter.com/lucasmanual
or email on my profile.
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#117People here talking about how they don't want YouTube to make a profile of their preferences, and here I am, wishing YouTube had a better profile of my preferences. Lately, there is almost no new videos in my recommendation feed. It's mostly either the things I've already watched or new videos from the channels I'm already subscribed to. It really feels like I've exhausted the internet at some point. This can't possi…
There is a feature in youtube call profiles. You might want to try that out. For example i have work profile, kids, personal, learning profile etc. Now you make sure in each of these profiles you subscribe to those channels that are relevant enough. That way you recommendations are much better.
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
IP addresses are frequently kept and stored to show users their active sessions. Are you sincerely doubting that a company like Google doesn't or can't use this information in other ways that support their core business? You don't have to call it "tracking", but I can't think of a better name.
What is a scenario where this actually happens, though? Imagine two people live in the same residence. One is extremely privacy conscious, doesn’t even have a Google account, and the other doesn’t even run an ad blocker. Both have the same phones on the same OS version, and for sake of argument, both are on the same ipv4. Does this mean that, if the privacy conscious person opens a private browsing session on their p…
Hm. Well what versions of Chrome are they running?
/s point taken. :)
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#119People here talking about how they don't want YouTube to make a profile of their preferences, and here I am, wishing YouTube had a better profile of my preferences. Lately, there is almost no new videos in my recommendation feed. It's mostly either the things I've already watched or new videos from the channels I'm already subscribed to. It really feels like I've exhausted the internet at some point. This can't possi…
YouTube's recommendations aren't based on what you want to see the most, they're based on what will earn the most money through engagement.
You're going to see recommendations for monetized channels, channels that have long ads on them, and channels that you are likely to comment/like/subscribe.
It has very little to do with discerning your tastes and more to do with extracting value out of your time spent in the app.
Re: FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client
#120Some of the developers are so unbelievably selfish and borderline communist.
I'm reading comments about installing SponsorBlock along with this FreeTube thingy. I don't understand why are some of you so anti-business here. Do you all work for free?