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Re: YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription

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Post by Gareth321 »

kulahan wrote: post #22

500000000th person discovers google is not creating youtube for you, but for them to make cash. Crazy story. Really shocking and definitely not one of the most standard complaints in existence. Anyways, there's absolutely no such thing as "I can't stop paying for this". Just do a chargeback on your card. It's not a real problem.

It was after the hundredth post like this that I de-Googled my life. It was only a matter of time until something happened to my account, and I had so much of my life tied up in their services. The biggest and best change was buying my own domain and changing my email address. Now no one can ever remove access to my emails.

Re: YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription

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Post by SpaceNugget »

dwedge wrote: post #40
kulahan wrote: post #22

500000000th person discovers google is not creating youtube for you, but for them to make cash. Crazy story. Really shocking and definitely not one of the most standard complaints in existence. Anyways, there's absolutely no such thing as "I can't stop paying for this". Just do a chargeback on your card. It's not a real problem.

The article was complaining abut AI, yet written by AI

I use a kitchen knife to prepare dinner, and yet I am still appalled when someone uses a knife to stab someone. This is not hypocritical.

The article is partly about a _misuse_ of AI, and partly about just how bad the system around accounts and appeals is in general.

Re: YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription

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Post by randomNumber7 »

lrks128 wrote: post #45

Did you or did you not publish AI "music" on YouTube? This half AI written rant looks like an angry Rathbun bot. It needs a summary. YouTube is clamping down on AI content because they know people hate it and leave YouTube. There is no money in generative AI. Google needs to advertise to humans and not to Rathbun. That is why Disney cancelled the Sora deal.

> There is no money in generative AI.

It's really annoying that there is so much AI generated music on youtube. The problem though is more that you get tricked into listening to it by "creators". These people just squeeze money without adding anything positive to the game.

On the other hand it would be interesting if you could generate your own music spcifically for the mood you currently have.

Re: YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription

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Post by surgical_fire »

Gareth321 wrote: post #61
kulahan wrote: post #22

500000000th person discovers google is not creating youtube for you, but for them to make cash. Crazy story. Really shocking and definitely not one of the most standard complaints in existence. Anyways, there's absolutely no such thing as "I can't stop paying for this". Just do a chargeback on your card. It's not a real problem.

It was after the hundredth post like this that I de-Googled my life. It was only a matter of time until something happened to my account, and I had so much of my life tied up in their services. The biggest and best change was buying my own domain and changing my email address. Now no one can ever remove access to my emails.

I've been on this path for years, with varying degrees if faulure. How did you manage it?

Some bits are harder than others.

Most of my important email was migrated to a Protonmail account. With the exception with a couple of things tied to government services that don't have a path of changing your email, which sucks.

Android: Next time I switch devices I am going for GrapheneOS. Technically still an Android, sandboxed Google services and all, but a step in a better direction.

Android Auto/Waze: There's no competition here, sadly.

YouTube: Another thing that is very difficult to replace beyond just reducing my YouTube usage. I can use stuff as Newpipe or self host Invidious, but technically it is still YouTube.

Re: YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription

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Post by Gareth321 »

surgical_fire wrote: post #64
Gareth321 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was after the hundredth post like this that I de-Googled my life. It was only a matter of time until something happened to my account, and I had so much of my life tied up in their services. The biggest and best change was buying my own domain and changing my email address. Now no one can ever remove access to my emails.

I've been on this path for years, with varying degrees if faulure. How did you manage it? Some bits are harder than others. Most of my important email was migrated to a Protonmail account. With the exception with a couple of things tied to government services that don't have a path of changing your email, which sucks. Android: Next time I switch devices I am going for GrapheneOS. Technically still an Android, sandbox…

Also mixed success, but it depends what you want to achieve. My goal was to minimise risk of life disruption, and I think I succeeded. Some people are on a quest to keep their lives private, and that is harder.

Email: The most important component here is owning your domain. Then you can switch between providers. I'm using iCloud now because I can have email addresses for the whole family for very cheap and it integrates well with my Apple devices.

Search: Kagi.

Maps: I still use Google maps. The alternatives are just not as good here in Denmark.

Phone: iOS. I really want to try GrapheneOS but our government uses a national ID app which only works on official Android and iOS builds. It's very annoying to function without that app.

YouTube: Still use it as well, but with ad and sponsor blocks on computer and mobile. I have an Apple developer account and sign my own sideloaded YouTube apps.

Cloud storage: I switched to iCloud, but I keep a full local copy of everything in case I lose access to my account. I also built a home NAS and keep the movies on that. Basically anything which I don't mind losing so much.

Docs: I use Office applications primarily now instead of Google Docs.

Re: YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription

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Post by yangm97 »

surgical_fire wrote: post #64
Gareth321 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was after the hundredth post like this that I de-Googled my life. It was only a matter of time until something happened to my account, and I had so much of my life tied up in their services. The biggest and best change was buying my own domain and changing my email address. Now no one can ever remove access to my emails.

I've been on this path for years, with varying degrees if faulure. How did you manage it? Some bits are harder than others. Most of my important email was migrated to a Protonmail account. With the exception with a couple of things tied to government services that don't have a path of changing your email, which sucks. Android: Next time I switch devices I am going for GrapheneOS. Technically still an Android, sandbox…

There’s a platform called Odysee which hosts mirrors of many YouTube channels, might want to check that out instead of alternative frontends like invidious.

Re: YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription

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Post by nopurpose »

Gareth321 wrote: post #61
kulahan wrote: post #22

500000000th person discovers google is not creating youtube for you, but for them to make cash. Crazy story. Really shocking and definitely not one of the most standard complaints in existence. Anyways, there's absolutely no such thing as "I can't stop paying for this". Just do a chargeback on your card. It's not a real problem.

It was after the hundredth post like this that I de-Googled my life. It was only a matter of time until something happened to my account, and I had so much of my life tied up in their services. The biggest and best change was buying my own domain and changing my email address. Now no one can ever remove access to my emails.

is there a risk that domain renew fee will skyrocket, because cost of change it for you now even higher?
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