BrilliantBadger

Its an interesting topic of discourse, no?

And certainly some argument such as “more eyes” can be a valid part of the overall discussion.

For myself, I would counter that posting YT links in a privacy focused community is defeatist in nature. Literally rewarding a platform, influencers that actually have no genuine interest in the topic, other than they found a new crowd they can cash in upon.

Obviously I didn’t watch, but informed guess – the video was 10 times longer than it needed to be, filled with fluff to fit in ever more commercials and/or inline promotions?

Does anyone interested in privacy not know TVs are invasive & nasty?

Perhaps. So start a topic upon it, without feeding the beast you wish to slay. Its truly a good discussion. And much valuable input from those who have confronted it can be shared.

I do agree, phones are horrific, and none of my crowd cares about privacy. Running a degoogled OS, no microG, no play store, only open source apps. We all try to take whatever steps we can, and its not easy, including changing ones online habits, usually the biggest obstacle. Which makes putting YT links in these privacy forums insulting.

Seriously. That is my (unpopular) opinion. I call it my ongoing journey to walk the walk best as able.

One can be offended, or reflect upon their habits effecting real change. I’ll end my rants on this topic now. Cheers, mate!

Folks sure get cranky & defensive when the hypocrisy of their favorite “privacy” influencers cashing in on them is called out.

Talk the talk, but won’t walk the walk.

Sad.

And if you click the YT link, Google is spying on you. Sad no alternative is given, but that would hurt the bottom line, right?

Fully agreed. At least give an alternative source. But that would not play well with the goal of any of these YT “influencer” videos - cashing in.

Walk the walk.

Its quite nice on a pi5. Paired it running VPN, and control d private dns (set using adb) for tracker/ad blocking. Side note, over 50% blocking shows how much spyware crap going on with tv apps. Add in a cheap Bluetooth air mouse and its very workable & solid.

For clarity, I only run Pluto TV, tubi, pipepipe and Fred TV. And its NOT for those looking for the smoothest experience, may not be family friendly . But been using a few years now, couldn’t be happier

Fantastic it is atomic. Very promising future with this independent distro in these times.