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[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I would disagree, you’re still directly communicating with YouTube servers without a proxy in-between. Invidious or Piped are the proxies you need, they let you blend in with the other users of their services making data-collection on YouTube’s part difficult.

We need to make feeding the algorithm as difficult as possible.