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The point is that YouTubers pay for that with their own reputation, if I followed a YouTuber that promoted exploitative companies I would stop following that YouTuber - why would you want to watch their content anyway?

Blocking YouTube's advertising is necessary for privacy, and it punishes YouTube for their bad business practices.

But sponsors aren't underhanded like that and I feel like they're the type of thing we should really be promoting as an alternative to privacy invading ads, and hopefully a way for creators to move off of YouTube eventually.

Set calendar alerts for routine tasks that need to be done less frequently than once a week.

Things like washing the vacuum cleaner filters, descaling the kettle, replacing the water filter (I'm in a hard-water area), servicing various appliances, cleaning all the things that need cleaning but don't need cleaning every week. All small things. It removes a lot of cognitive effort and makes sure those things actually get done.

Correct, if they weren't user-hostile, it would have been more likely I would have built up some good-will towards them and would be happy to pay.

I am, as it happens, but I don't feel under any obligation to.

Firstly, how they get paid is a private matter between them and YouTube, they signed their contracts, not me.

Secondly, YouTube could run privacy-respecting non-targeted ads. I'm not punishing YouTube for having ads, I'm punishing them for being spyware.

I don't think you can be sure they're not profiling you for advertising on other sites just because they're not showing ads on YouTube. The purpose of uBO is security. Plus I wouldn't give money to a shady company like Google anyway.

This isn't a Guardian article, unless I'm missing something?

When they first announced it I wondered why they were using such low-budget CGI concept art to promote it.

Using Fedora Silverblue has gone a long way to dispel that concern for me. It goes out of its way to be much more user-centric than that. I can't speak for the others yet.

Call me old fashioned, but I think marketing an OS from a spyware company to naive users who don't understand the risks is an extremely horrible thing to do - therefore it's the worst distro, if it can be called a distro.

1: Use Linux

2: Mullvad browser (Firefox-based) - while I don't use it myself (I have my own customised Firefox in-keeping with my threat model) for an average "normie" user this seems to have the most sane defaults for privacy including uBlock Origin installed by default (and fingerprint resistance).

3: Keep your software updated (too overlooked by so many users).

This is a great release, GNOME 45 is looking really nice.

Recommended reading: https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-39/

I do, I don't even have Tweaks installed.

I used to be an avid customiser of software, but one day I realised that I spent a lot of time tweaking things and didn't get a great workflow anyway.

The thing about GNOME is it has a great in-built workflow and I work more efficiently now I just let it make the decisions for me.

I also kind of think that if you're the type to install a lot of extensions you'd probably be happier with KDE anyway.

Well, almost the opposite of you, I currently use Fedora Silverblue (including BTRFS which I very much appreciate for versioned backups), except that I override GNOME Software (never got it to work properly for me) and Fedora's Firefox (I use the Firefox from Flathub but not Fedora).

Seems bold of them to assume who your friends are. Glad I never used that site.

That wasn't the direct reason for the fork if I recall, but yes the RIAA thing and the backlash, including from a number of YouTubers, is one of the main reasons I think YouTube aren't going to try it themselves.

Jes

Nah, I like GNOME, and I mostly use Nautilus anyway. :P

It would be hard for them to prove that they've actually done it, and they won't want to admit that giving them your data is something undesirable.

You can just install Dolphin on GNOME, you don't have to go the whole way.