Started using Piped/Invid or DDG Duck Player instead of YouTube’s website. I find that I dont waste a bunch of time looking for crappy content.

Likewise, I redirect Reddit and Twitter links to libreddit and nitter anytime I click a search result, link or otherwise tweet or post that was sent to me.

I’ve disabled history (when possible)on services to both protect my privacy from prying eyes and in general, I prefer this. If I bought ibuprofen from Amazon, I don’t need them to continue to push and have my Amazon homepage be a Johnson and Johnson ad.

Likewise with the last comment I posted, using user scripts or Adblock lists that hide usernames or addresses on specific websites; very useful when sharing your screen with someone.

Lastly, seeing what I shared via Google Drive, Photos and my account in general and removing. Some shared links from when I was in jr. high existed and still worked…

This doesn’t make any sense to me; people who are determined to go out of their way to get something (like an adblocker) will just continue playing cat and mouse games.

It’s like a game of chess, google can pull a stupid move but devs and users will always work around it.