How have others gotten friends/family to make the switch? I’ve been doing a cleanup of my digital life over the last year or so and am trying to move to using more privacy friendly alternatives where possible.

example: I’d love to switch to Signal only but everyone I know only uses WhatsApp. I’ve mentioned switching to people in the past but it’s always the same response (I don’t have anything to hide)

  • sadreality@kbin.social
    4·
    11 months ago

    Yep. And YouTube on teevee, just got to pay for it. I can’t suffer these ads.

    No real replacement as of now for either.

    Imagine paying and they are still mining you.

    Wtf sort of dystopian bullshit time line is this.

    Stop using them for everything else.

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Ironically I found the best way to watch YouTube on the TV was to pay Google for a “Chromecast with Android TV” (or whatever it’s called) and install SmartTube on it. I could have spent a while tinkering around with my Raspberry Pi to create some custom solution and given Google no money, but this cost less than 2 months of YouTube premium and now I’ve got a device I can do whatever with.

      • sadreality@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        Didn’t realize that was possible now you ate running on google controlled device…

        I cant swallow that.

        Hate paying them too tho

        • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I’m paying for the convenience of a tv-optimised android device. It’s relatively versatile in that you can install most android apps, but much more robust than trying to build something myself. And all I use it for is watching video so there’s not really much it can data-mine compared to something serious like my phone.