Paying for software is an exception, not a rule.

And we only have proprietary software because there’s greedy people out there that take advantage of people who don’t know better.

With that said. I’m not saying that developers shouldn’t get paid for what they do. They absolutely should! And a lot of them do, even when the code is free as in free beer and free speech.

I’ve been using Mailbox.org, both private and for my business, for 5 years now. I have nothing bad to say about them or their service.

Well. I would like to see a referral program! They have a lot of paying customers because of me, but you don’t get anything in return.

No worries!

I understand that it might not be for everyone. I’m generally speaking against unethical soul sucking algorithms, which is why I don’t use social medias (other than this account and one on GoToSocial). However. I find the algorithm for YouTube to be good as long as you stay aware of it.

Thank you! I’ll look them up. :D

I’m fully aware of that, this is partly why I would like to avoid a Google account, even though the only thing I use it for, is YouTube. I don’t like Google at all.

A local-only client (or something that’s at least privacy respecting) is what I’m looking for, which is why this I submitted this topic. Do you have any recommendations?

That’s the client that I’ve been using for a few years on my Android TV. However. It requires a Google account to work. :/

Thank you! I’ll look into it.

Thank you for the, well… human reply! :D

I know all about this, both from a moral and technical standpoint. And I have seen the algorithm do this multiple times, but I’m aware of it, and I only watch wholesome family friendly content, which is mainly about tech, bikes and coffee. I don’t care for politics, drama or anything like that, which is why it’s quite easy to spot the dark rabbit holes I get presented with from time to time. :)

Recommendations from friends only work if you have friends. I do get recommended videos on social media (which is the fediverse for me), but it’s rare. I actually like checking my inbox, and if I don’t feel like watching something there, I just go and see the rekommendations, which is not always good, but they do have some fun stuff from time to time. I have found most of the channels that I subscribe to there.

Oh! That is a no go for me then. I only use open source software.

Thanks! I’ll look into them and the controversy.

Thanks! It looks to be limited to phones only, but it seems like, technically speaking, the best option.

Thanks! I’ll look into Freetube.

Cool. I’ll check it out!

Mostly content like Probably Riding, Jeff Geerling and Lance Hedrick.

Doesn’t those work like Piped, that you get recommendations based on the current video your viewing?

I was talking about the general recommendations that you get based on what you watch over time. :)

No. And the dev(s) have said that they refuse to implement such feature. :(

I don’t know who this is, but he clearly made some people here upset. :D

The whole post is about him not finding any sensible use for a 1 Gbit Internet connection for himself. He never ever mention any one else.

I really don’t understand how this can be offensive for anyone else. Why is he not allowed to have an option about himself?

PS. I do believe that the title is somewhat click-bait though.

Helium should be fine. They’re, to my understanding, a fork of ungoogled-chromium, and they seem to proxy all calls to Google for you. It shold be a safe enough web browser for ‘regular’ people who care about their privacy.

It does, and there’s nothing you can do about it either, other than, obviously, switching to an alternative web browser.