Post ASi2SjABkJCFlhhgXY by RedGreenLibre@gnulinux.social
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(DIR) Post #AShylolKkkg2oqvRSK by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-15T15:54:33Z
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Warning re YouTube "Smart Downloads": YouTube has a feature (I'm unsure if this is restricted to YouTube Premium or not -- probably since it involves downloads) where it will *automatically* download to your local device memory various videos that it guesses you might want to watch locally. Since I don't ever have a need for this, I've never turned this feature on.However, I've now on two Android devices found it enabled anyway, happily using up memory and wifi network bandwidth, and had to manually disable on both and use the "delete downloads" option to remove the videos it had already downloaded and recover that space.
(DIR) Post #AShyzEWYHdDGTwPNvU by kevin@mastodon.km6g.us
2023-02-15T15:56:12Z
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@lauren Fun times if it pushes objectionable or legally questionable content to your device...
(DIR) Post #AShzFTC9VMEkcHboR6 by Lazarou@mastodon.social
2023-02-15T15:59:56Z
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@lauren oh wow, the #Enshittification is intense. And an 'opt out' rather than 'opt in'......ffs...
(DIR) Post #AShzaomkQac5etuDei by pgs@aus.social
2023-02-15T16:03:12Z
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@laurenThanks, just turned it off. Looks like you're right about it being premium only, it was only available on my premium account, not the others.
(DIR) Post #ASi1mjm55EFvV9PB4q by dave_heumann@heads.social
2023-02-15T16:28:28Z
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@lauren Thanks for this, Lauren. Just checked and I'd had it enabled too, had no idea
(DIR) Post #ASi2SjABkJCFlhhgXY by RedGreenLibre@gnulinux.social
2023-02-15T16:36:03Z
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@lauren maybe another reason for people to use LibreTube etc, and not install proprietary software.
(DIR) Post #ASi2cZML3HMoG250AS by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-15T16:37:55Z
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@RedGreenLibre I love YouTube. Period.