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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads (www.theverge.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] moonleay@feddit.org 14 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

They also leak your User ID and IP to a 3rd party.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

ugh.

[–] moonleay@feddit.org 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Twire is a great alternative though.

https://github.com/twireapp/Twire

And it only connects to Twitch! :) (Plus betterttv or alternatives in case support for them are activated iirc)

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

is there way to watch stuff without using a Twitch account with it? I've tried just skipping the login process, but search returns no results when I search for streamers or games.