You can alleviate this by using a VPN, configure you browser to minimize fingerprinting and use NoScript which allows you to block their trackers on third party websites.
settinmoon
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I share a YT premium family plan with my parents and some friends. When I want to watch something that I don't want YT to track I just switch to Newpipe
I use a roll reverser app on my macbook to get around this problem. You can configure touchpad to be natural and mouse to be traditional
It depends on your threat model. Do you think Google knowing your video watching preference is dangerous? For me I don't care if Google knows my music and video preferences in general. If I'm watching things that I don't want Google to know I use Newpipe on a VPN. But sensitive document uploaded to Google drive? Not anymore.
I haven't looked into their code yet but that's an interesting thought. I wonder if you can fork their code and operate an instance where private messages are disabled.
I do understand the reaction. I have relatives in China that believe the HK protestors are foreign spies and a threat to national security that needs to be hunted down. They also thinks the political interference scandal is all made up by the Canadian government. If that's the information you hear day in and day out then it's natural that you believe in it and become upset when your reality is getting challenged.
I also agree with you on the last part. It doesn't make sense for Trudeau to take on India for no reason at this point in time when India is crucial to the West in the Indo-Pacific strategy. Unless the matter is serious he has nothing to gain and everything to lose.
Fellow Canadian here. Aside from the obvious troll farms I'm wondering shouldn't Indians be more concerned of these kind of conduct than others? If the world turns a blind eye imagine in the future if the Indian state label you as a "terrorist" for saying something they don't like, you are not even safe even if you managed to get out of the country.
In 10 years the West would probably consider India to be too powerful and needs to be contained just like China is today. This may eventually push India to form a close alliance with China and Russia (assuming those two hasn't collapsed) and the West will have a much bigger problem to deal with than the China Russia alliance today. This is very similar to how China was used as a counterweight to the Soviets during the cold war, and now is forced to ally with Russia to counter western containment measures.
Canadian currently living in the US here. The problem is that these high skill jobs usually pays close to double in the US after taking forex into account. More than enough to pay for the extra cost for healthcare. Not to mention our healthcare system back home isn't in it's best shape at the moment. If some of these folks don't like their red state politics, they can easily move to a blue state instead of Canada where they're likely to get a massive pay cut.
I second this. Got an open box pixel 6 pro this year for $400, still blows most non-flagship current year phones out of the water.
The approach I took is organize my contacts into three categories The people that I talk to on a daily basis, people that I occasionally talk to, and people who I rarely ever talk to. For the first group (less than 10 for me), mostly close friends and families, I just bullied them to use an alternative platform like Signal until they caved in. For the second group, I recommend Signal to them but also left them with my phone number so they can text me if needed. For the third group I did nothing. Then I proceeded to delete FB Messenger off all my devices. I still log in to the web version maybe once per month to check if anyone from the third group needs to reach me or if there's any group events going on. I did not fully get off FB but I ended up reducing 99% of my usage and 100% of the garbage in app and location tracking. To me this is good enough