Every single one of those websites is not crucial to existence even remotely. Let’s all collectively show them they don’t matter anymore.
this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2026
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The problem is that most people don't care about digital privacy and wouldn't think twice when asked to scan their face to access an app or website.
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Not only are they not necessary, they're actually harmful to existence. Admittedly I use YouTube somewhat through privacy front ends, but quitting all the others has been great for my health. Using nebula has also minimised my use of YouTube.
YouTube is the only one left for me as well and I’ve been considering Nebula myself. One thing I do try to avoid though is all of the rage bait stuff. I actively filter it out and focus only on videos that teach me things. So a lot of science, food, carpentry, and other crafty kind of channels and videos. Oh, and a lot of animal ones.
I love nebula for a lot of the topics you listed, highly recommend it!
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Any free alternatives for YouTube?
Grayjay is a nice front end that doesn’t require sign in.
Peertube is probably the closest. I don't really use either, but I've understood that peertube is a bit lacking in content.
As you're here on lemmy.ml, I doubt it, but if you happen to be a "cryptocurrency enthusiast", then odysee might also be an option, though I'm not sure hiw much of it is open-source.
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Do You Guys Not Have Phones?
Looks like Diablo guy was a prophet
If an app/website requires a face scan I won't use it
lol one of my gmail accts tried to get me to face scan yesterday. some crazy shit man, email does not need my face.
Deleted Reddit after I got asked to do this to Confirm my age.
I didn’t need ro access any 18+ content on that platform but for me this was the alarm bell that made me actually delete my account.
The problem is that Reddit NSFW is an extremely broad category that doesn't only include porn. So many posts and memes are tagged with it. Realizing that I'm now seeing a censored, inauthentic version of Reddit made me delete the app.
The whole brutal death metal community is NSFW because if the album covers, and I don't wanna flash my face to that platform just for the music I enjoy listening
I had to scan my face to access the $20k of I-bonds I already had with the Treasury.
WTF
https://help.id.me/hc/en-us/articles/4416509221271-Log-in-to-U-S-Treasury-using-ID-me
Policy goes into effect end of the month.
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Why? They did not mention the reason. What do these companies do with our face scans?
I would post the super Mario 64 face, but that would be minimizing it
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DON'T give out information of people who use your service to the police.
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