• CoriolisSTORM88@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    So I’ve been wondering this for a while. Is there a way for Google to associate my usage of Newpipe or similar to my actual Google account? I hate all the ads, but don’t want to lose all of my Google account stuff. I’ve got a lot invested in it.

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      11 months ago

      Not Google, but my Instagram account got banned for using Barinsta right before the app got killed.

      But I guess I was logging in with my account there, so I suppose they did have the evidence to link it to me.

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        11 months ago

        Based on what? Technically of course all the data points will exist in their system to make those determinations but weather or not they have anything in place or plan to any time soon.

        People should find ways to degoogle however and if they are very paranoid about something like this best bet would be to export your subscriptions to a new dummy Gmail just for YouTube.

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          11 months ago

          It’s not YouTube that’s the problem. I’ve got the same Gmail account since 2004, and don’t want to loose my Google photos. I’m getting the stuff together to self host them all, but am not there yet.

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          11 months ago

          if they are very paranoid about something like this best bet would be to export your subscriptions to a new dummy Gmail just for YouTube

          That too will be linked to your person. Google doesn’t care whether you’re using an account, whether your account has your clear name or what client you’re using. They will use every mean available to them to ID and profile you; that’s absolutely core to their multi-billion dollar business model.

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            11 months ago

            How do you figure they would go about that?

            Banning based of similar IP’s / subscriptions is an easy way to get someone false banned due to their 10 year old and force them to switch to Apple products and an AppleID for life.

            They will use every mean available to them to ID and profile you; that’s absolutely core to their multi-billion dollar business model.

            They haven’t successfully banned the main accounts associated with those using Google drive for piracy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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              10 months ago

              I don’t know what banning you’re talking about. The topic I was talking about was user behaviour tracking.

              They haven’t successfully banned the main accounts associated with those using Google drive for piracy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

              I am not aware of a policy at Google to ban accounts for storing pirated files. I only know of a policy to restrict the ability to share files with copyrighted content which the user has no license to share but that’s an obvious necessity.