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[โ€“] Carighan 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And yet 99,9% of the time you just use it to get into arguments with people you don't even know.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

No you don't! /s

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heh, you vastly underestimate porn.

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/LTJvdGcb7Fs?si=3IGLqtT559Jl2Ho0

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[โ€“] deus 4 points 1 year ago

The rest of it being ads, I assume

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What do you think they'd also do with it? They were already getting in arguments over mail with people they would never see nor hear.