Wasn't YouTube unrelated to Google at first?
burtek
joined 1 year ago
Someone should then probably let them know ๐คท
I think it just auto-discovers federated instances and randomly shows them on the page unless explicitly disabled...
I guess that depends on the instance and its admins, rather than Lemmy as a platform.
The website that you visit (as in your Lemmy instance) does log your IP address to fight abuse etc. Afaik it's not sent to other instances, so unless the server admin sells it somewhere (which they shouldn't but I guess you never know - that's why some folks host their own instance), it shouldn't leave the server.
Obviously that doesn't mean your IP is not logged by external services embedded in the Lemmy UI you're using - be that ads, video players, etc
Meta trying to blame and put responsibility on someone else? That's a first ๐