Don't engage with algorithms, especially ones trying to sell things, like major corporate social media.

Pretend to be something you're not, especially vulnerable targeted populations. This lowers their ability easily target minorities.

If you're on android, you can use an app like NewPipe to view YouTube content without actually going to YouTube. https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe

On a browser, you can use an invidious instance like https://yewtu.be. That also lets you view YouTube content ad free without signing in.

I second this. If you get a response can you please let me know?

Best I can do is AI generated transcript: https://pastes.io/if-i-told-

But the video has boobies... /s

Sounds like that alternative to Ublock that I can't think of the name of right now that not only blocks ads but also gives a click-through input to every single one, poisoning any ad metrics for the ads as well as any targeted ad profiling on you.

janeway: "get on it"

That’s not poison. Thats helping them profile you. 🤔

How does it poison their data to share your honest preferences with them? Doesn’t that give them the most accurate dossier possible so they can hit you with ads that micro-target your interests?

I'm an amateur photographer and I post my work online sometimes. How can I use this on my photo? Can you share any links to tools and tutorials? 

an inescapable web of nested webpages of nonsense

Like the most annoying webpage from the old Internet?

https://web.archive.org/web/20030402051520/http://www.mostannoyingwebpage.com/v1/

We used to call the email equivalent of a nepenthes trap a teergrube.

People using YouTube need this info more than people using PeerTube.

No one knows other video sharing sites exist

You guys are watching ads?

yeah it kinda makes me happy when the ads are wrong and I sure don't want to correct my profile.

You gotta meet the people where they're at to get them informed. If this information was hidden away in some privacy/security-centered blog, a fraction as many people would see it.

I agree with you! There's a layer of irony.

I agree that doing less can achieve certain goals.

I guess it depends on what your goal is.

If you want to avoid getting glued to the screen and being influenced by advertisements, your recommendations are spot on.

However, if you want to make it costlier for surveillance capitalism to entrance everyone, then other options might make more sense.

If you explain why is useless, sure.

Thanks, saved me a click

Have a pizza for your work 🍕