(this isnt a question about how to make invidious more secure/private i just want google to stop knowing everything i do and every device i have) I like watching youtube videos. I hate google. I try invidious. It's pretty cool.

I watch the videos I like on it. But I get suspicous. The channels I wacth even after I change my Ip, clear my cookies, change my tor circuts, even change my entire os to something real private like tails or qubes with whonix , ARE STILL RECOMMENDED TO ME. So I do a test. I watch channels I don't like. There it is. I feel like google is laughing in my face

Whats worse, I went on a different device and the same videos are there :(.

ive tried vpns, tor, tails, whonix in qubes, quad9, and nothing works. what do i do now?

(im not concerned about youtube synching reccomendations im concerned about google knowing what i like, and what devices i have no matter what tools i use)

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago* (6 children)

Nope.

I think many Chrome extensions don't work either, because of disabled APIs.

FYI extensions are another thing that can be used to fingerprint you. There's a discussion on this somewhere on the Cromite GitHub, hence they don't recommend extensions.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    aw man thanks for the recommendation though.

    one more question, does it have ad blocking?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (4 children)

    Yep, built in, with customizable lists.

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    Just FYI, it might not be sophisticated enough to beat YouTube ads. Not sure about that.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    thanks for the honesty i could just go blind and deaf thatll do it

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    If you are just looking to anonymize YouTube, I'd browse with Cromite,download longer videos with yt-dlp, and watch them in mpv. Or use something that automates that.

    You get better video quality that way, anyway.

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