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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Stomata@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

Few days ago I found odysee. I saw it on grayjay.
I'm trying to use YouTube as less as possible. I found some of creators I follow from yt here. How do you rate it for privacy.

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[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Slightly moreso than YouTube, but you should really use Librarian or the LBRY app.

Also, be warned that Odysee is alt-tech.

[–] promitheas@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] flx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago

There's a lot of right wing content

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 17 points 2 months ago

I consider odysee to be a longer term pump'n'dump scam for the reasons outlined here:

https://slrpnk.net/post/11302039/9749921

Personally I wouldn't place much trust in them.

[–] CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, Odysee is much better than YT, they will not block you for using a VPN and you can use burner a email to sign up. They also do not have annoying ads every 3 minutes, they have zero ads. Sad that so many creators refuse to post their content on other platforms and continue to support YT's tyrannical monopoly. Still there is a pretty good selection on there.

[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

It's not that great privacy wise. Probably not as bad as YouTube but unfortunately it doesn't seems to be their priority.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

IIRC it uses BitTorrent (like Peertube), so your IP address will be shared

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do they have apps for consoles yet?

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately no