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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. (www.engadget.com)

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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.

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[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I went through a period of de-googling a couple of years ago. Swapping browser, mobile os, search engine, storage, maps, music, video purchases, voice assistant and even email service was relatively simple, there are alternatives out there which do the job just as well if not better than what Google offer.

The only exception is YouTube, yea there are individual sites that occasionally offer some of the videos I want (often with a subscription attached), there are some federated systems like NewPipe which have some videos but there is no one offering remotely the quantity or quality of what you can get on YouTube for free.

As the article states, it’s basically a monopoly at this point without a viable alternative.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What FOSS mobile OS are you using?

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Non-Google Android.

[–] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

GrapheneOS

[–] cleverusernametry@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What are you using instead for Maps and email?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I use Organic maps and K9 mail

[–] cleverusernametry@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

k9 mail has a really poor rating on the app store. I hear Thunderbird will be revamping it though. Are you happy with where it is at right now?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it works great. I haven't had any problems

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've had good success with FairEmail its open source and on Fdroid appstore but google made it so it will only work if you download through the play store which is BS.

[–] Amends1782@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Definitely fair email, code is solid and so is the dev. Its got more features for customization than any other mobile email client. Super frequently updated too. And no ads even in the unpaid version.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Apple Maps and Fastmail.

Fastmail is paid but the 1Password and disposable email address system makes it worth it for me.