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How privacy friendly is Odysee ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Stomata@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Few days ago I found odysee. I saw it on grayjay.
I'm trying to use YouTube as less as possible. I found some of creators I follow from yt here. How do you rate it for privacy.

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 17 points 4 days ago

I consider odysee to be a longer term pump'n'dump scam for the reasons outlined here:

https://slrpnk.net/post/11302039/9749921

Personally I wouldn't place much trust in them.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Slightly moreso than YouTube, but you should really use Librarian or the LBRY app.

Also, be warned that Odysee is alt-tech.

[–] promitheas@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Whats alt-tech?

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Platforms that pretend to champion free speech but in reality are nazi bars. (think Xitter, truthsocial, rumble, kick, stuff like that)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-tech

Here's a great video on it (at least if i remember): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ca8zM3WyVw

[–] promitheas@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the info! It would be good to be aware of the term

[–] flx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 days ago

There's a lot of right wing content

[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

It's not that great privacy wise. Probably not as bad as YouTube but unfortunately it doesn't seems to be their priority.

[–] CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, Odysee is much better than YT, they will not block you for using a VPN and you can use burner a email to sign up. They also do not have annoying ads every 3 minutes, they have zero ads. Sad that so many creators refuse to post their content on other platforms and continue to support YT's tyrannical monopoly. Still there is a pretty good selection on there.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

IIRC it uses BitTorrent (like Peertube), so your IP address will be shared

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do they have apps for consoles yet?

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Unfortunately no