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Normally it's great, though.","removed":false,"published":"2025-10-01T13:30:54.720321Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://piefed.social/comment/8227030","local":false,"path":"0.18460853.18461668","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":20801007,"name":"skribe","display_name":"skribe","avatar":"https://media.piefed.social/users/CW/6T/CW6TP1yn6le6ag3.jpg","banned":false,"published":"2025-08-27T01:40:50.166595Z","actor_id":"https://piefed.social/u/skribe","bio":"Aussie in Singas. \r\nWriter. One of my novels: [Coils of the Serpent. Read it for free](https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/56204/coils-of-the-serpent) . \r\nskribe@reddit \r\nFormerly: @skribe@aussie.zone \r\n\r\n[My blog](https://skribeworks.com/) \r\n[My Mastodon](https://aus.social/@skribe) \r\n[My Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.social/@skribe) \r\n[My Bookwyrm](https://bookwyrm.social/user/skribe) \r\n","local":false,"banner":"https://media.piefed.social/users/KU/YP/KUYPMNugKsgCyT9_thumbnail.webp","deleted":false,"matrix_user_id":"@skribeworks:matrix.org","bot_account":false,"instance_id":3518},"post":{"id":34789606,"name":"yt: Which method is best for privacy?","body":"cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/52603668\n\n> Please rank these methods from best to least\n> \n> - Invidious\n> - NewPipe\n> - YoutubeRevanced\n> - ytlocal\n> - Downloading with yt-dlp\n> - Using user script to play in local player\n> - Playing in local player (eg mpv )\n> - Watching in TOR\n> \n> Feel free to add other methods to the list or group some","creator_id":21485258,"community_id":86,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-10-01T08:53:54.317858Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.ca/post/52603672","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false},"community":{"id":86,"name":"privacy","title":"Privacy","description":"# A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.\n\nPrivacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy. \n\nIn this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.\n\n### Some Rules\n\n - 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