YouTube adds tracking parameters to shared URLs that can be traced back to individual Google accounts
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That would be all apps then. Apps are legitimately great. Websites do the same scummy things.
Apps are legitimately great.
Except they are mostly just lobotomized websites where you can't copy the text or save media to your local device.
But it's blockable on websites. Firefox with ublock makes YouTube, Facebook, and instragam a relatively pleasant experience again.
And I know folks that have never lost money on crypto. Doesn't make crypto less of a risk.
What does that mean? I don't understand. Apps have full access to what that websites don't?
Exactly. A website has to download ALL the HTML every time. Sure, it can put all that in a JavaScript file and cache it but it has to be built each time. With an app, you (the devs) get to choose what to load, and it’s just usually a few simple things each time instead of constantly running a script.
Using Lemmy as a web app really sucked. Having an actual app with actual integration to a robust UI works.
Plus as an app developer you get to go through the user's contacts and files. Having an actual app locks you and allows you to be the product the app owners sell. Nothing else and certainly nothing of value for 99% of the apps out there.
Apple does not allow this out of the box. You have to confirm for every permission. There is not automatic access to files.
Huh? I don’t give apps like YouTube access to my files. I don’t upload so they don’t need it. I don’t even think it has asked because I’m not clicking the upload button. YouTube doesn’t get access to my location either. It does have access to local connections because of YouTube on my TV, but that’s it.
So, you are claiming that youtube plays without the rights to save anything? If you say so.