How would that work? I couldn’t find it in that post.

With most firewalls, there is an option to download ip lists for blocking. There are several list I don’t recall right now, that aggregate DoH services. It’s not perfect, but better than nothing.

500 is the sweet spot, at least for downloads. I have it and it’s fast enough for all my needs. Upload can be less, although I’d love to have more than the current 50. Good luck with your move!

You’re probably correct on your assumption that Google also will lose something if they start banning accounts without warning.

You can also be certain that I, as well as other technically inclined persons, will try and get what they want through other means. A valid point.

Considering this, the only strategy I can see them using is some scare tactics. You will lose your Google account if you keep doing what you do, so give us money! This, however, will only work if they give people warnings, which they haven’t don’t yet.

Thank you for your input, much appreciated! I’ll stick to a VPN for now, as it doesn’t cost me anything. I’m just a cautious person.

I’m not paying everyone. Pretty much impossible. Here is my logic for what I’m doing on detail.

Netflix is 8 Euro a month here in Germany as a basic plan. I can share that with my girlfriend. They produce movies and then stream those to me. I use it quite often. I’m totally okay with what I’m getting for my money and pay happily.

Youtube is 12 Euro per month. I can’t share that plan with my girlfriend, as it would fuck up the algorithm. Youtube hosts videos but doesn’t produce content. I’m not happy with the value in getting.

Now I try to pay creators directly. Can I pay all of them? No. Can I be just? No. Is youtube just? Also no. Small creators get nothing. So I take my 5 euros and divide among creators. Next month a few others and so on. I can choose which ones, depending on how I feel about their content. I find a brilliant channel who helped me out with a project and who’s got patreon? Sure, why not? Last one here was DbTech, which I’m not subscribed to.

So the difference between income for content creators is Youtube Premium: 55 percent of 12 euros is 5,4 euros, My system: about 5 euros. The only difference being how the money is divided. I try to favor smaller channels.

In the end, I believe my system is superior, as gives me more control on where I spend my money. I only try to screw over Google, because they are greedy as fuck!

How is the bullshit. I take 5 bucks every month and use those for patreon. I cycle through the channels so everybody gets a bit. I only pay the lowest tier for one month, then cancel again. Next month, a few different creators…

One view with ads is worth in the area of a cent, most likely less. Most channels upload once or twice a months. If the lowest paying tier is a dollar, they just made 50 times what they would get for ad revenue.

Kagi was somewhat expensive, if I recall. 10 bucks for unlimited searches put me off, as I don’t have a lot of money right now…

It’s the other way round. I do pay for a VPN anyway and I donate via patron to support creators. A dollar here, a dollar there. It’s still cheaper than a subscription here in Germany and my favorite creators get a bigger payout. I’d be happy to pay for premium if it was something like 5 euros, but 12 a month.

Jup, that is precisely what I meant and why I advocate for people to be cautious, if they use their Google account for more things than just YouTube.

I know this is a possibility, but also a risk. The land where you purchased youtube premium doesn’t match your home address so Google notice. Do you use your primary account for this? Do you need a foreign credit card?

I have not and I’ll look into it tomorrow. Thanks!

I’m in the process of degoogeling my live. I’ve never used it much, but my phone and the apps that I’ve bought over the years are tied to my account. I still use the calendar and have been to lazy to switch. Google maps too is a big plus. I’ve already gotten rid of cloud storage, as I selfhost nextcloud.

I use airvpn, which is recommended now as mullvad got rid of port forwarding.

That would be the case, since tubearchivist requires no account and runs on my server, so no cookies as well.

I was never awake so I don’t know if this happens regularly.

Yeah, the prep is the worst. I’m weak and feel sick pretty much all the time and now I can’t even eat. And all that wiping… Jeeez.

Two power naps for the price of one? Don’t mind if I do. But seriously, I couldn’t go through prep twice. If the surgeon lost his watch in there and needs to do it again then by all means.

In Soviet Russia, OP spanks you!