Literally in a Telegram group that uploads the entire content of 5 not yet uploaded creators every week. At least that's what they adviertise andnhave so far delivered. "WHAT THA FUCK" "Holy shit, yo what's the matter? Whats happened? What's going on?” " THERE'S SO MUCH PORN"
The issue is, that unlike movies, games and others, these plugins are no harder to pirate, but way harder to hide. It's not like a "Yeah, you could get in trouble.", but more like a "If anyone catches you, you are not going to financially recover.", which given the scope of clients (Fam, friends and yourself) and the fact, that these Websites are likely to be on the internet, is incredibly likely. Why not use a free and open source alternative?
Proton unlimited is 500GB. Given that each version is literallt 50GB, you can only store 10 versions and your drive woudl be full.
I am a Developer and have worked in IT for several years. I know very much what I am talking about. And I can not be spoiled if I live alone.
You were not interested in anything. All you were doing was play down everything I said. Too bad you got by far the most downvotes. The only ones I got seem to be from you, as their count never exceed one. So unless everybody in this community who has voted on our exchange is unknowledgeably, you are so. Furthermore, this is not my information. This is exactly the reason why I pulled up sources, because I just knew a grumpy old dude like you would not dare to take someone else seriously. If you do not trust the tor project on the topic of privacy inside a browser, you truly are not to be taken seriously. What they say is not only likely true but also closely monitored by hunderds if not thousands of security experts. I gave you all the informwtion you need, yet you keep your ignorance and arrogance. What do you want me to call you, a man of class? Clearly not, old man. If you think you can play me by my emotions, go ahead and try again. You're not gonna get far. Hope your family doesn't have to put up with you for too long anymore.
You know, I don't know if you are trying to be annoying or if you truly do not know. Here is a wikipedia link for topic of device fingerprints: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint
Here is the Tor project's take on it: https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead/
And here is an overview of the browsers which are best at preventing fingerprinting for desktop: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/
The privacyguides website is generally a good resource. Sometimes, rarely, lacks a little behind in the latest and greatest. It's not primarily a site for news anyways.
One part of your browser's fingerprint that I find quite interesting and is easy to understand is it's resolution. Your browser displays websites in a set resolution, say 1080x1920. This resolution is dependent of your screen's resolution, the window size of the browser and generally everything that changes the shape anf size of the website. Firefox does not protect here, old man.
Also, just because a VPN is paid for does not mean it is secure. Look into Mullvad and as a second option Proton VPN, if you have not already.
Well to cut it short, Incognito mode often just means that your own device will not remember anything. Meaning your keyboard does not log your keystrokes, your browser does not save your searches etc. Even if this was compeletely true 100% of the time (which it is not, example, you copy or download something), then the websites you visit would still have your device's fingerprint, so a VPN connection won't do much. It is better to use a privacy-oriented browser like Mull. If you want to, you can add incognito mode ON TOP, which on Firefox and therefore Mull is called private browsing mode. Do keep in mind, that it is hard enough to have a non-unique fingerprint. This only gets amplified on mobile devices, at least speaking for Android. IOS is out of the window by default lmao.
Hey man didn't mean to make you feel down. Incognito mode is just the wrong tool for the job.
Simple. Do not use Roku. If you use a Roku, you should not really worry about Youtube, as Roku is no better and probably still just sells to Google. If you have no other choice, then you may access a piped server over it's web interface. This one is from a guy named kavin. Other than that, I am not really sure if there is a client for Roku.
"Any popular browser in incognito mode" is probably the worst advice I've ever heard.
Help wanted
I live in the EU and the company I work at has been bought out by an american company. They now want me to sign a document that lets them transfer my personal data from my employer to the USA. They want my Name, full address and birthday. It says that they need this for some "compliance regulation" which includes the prevention of terrorism (the ol' classic). I feel uncomfortable giving them "explicit permission" to share this data even if it is done under "highest possible security measures" which, if they are not possible, might as well be none. I just started my apprenticeship, so they could fire me without providing a reason if I do not sign. Any help is well appreciated.
Feature parity
I am a little sick of the seemingly lost focus on existing products. As a developer myself, I understand that software development takes time and is resource-intensive, especially if what you are working on is unique and has never been done before. However, the focus of your available resources seems to not be set right, in my opinion. As a result, I will list a few things that I absolutely cannot stand about the way that Proton creates products in the hopes that I, along with many others, can show the weight of this reoccurring issue.
Starting with Linux systems. Yes, I am aware that the smallest group of customers uses a Linux desktop. This is not an excuse to have basically no decent Software support for it. The only clients even usable currently on Linux are the web clients (duh), the bridge, and a very unstable version of Proton VPN, along with its future self, the alpha or beta release. Now, I have to say here that Proton does seem to shift more focus over to Linux, which is quite nice to see. The VPN client alpha is among the best working, far better than IVPN or Mullvad, with an obvious lack of features.
As a whole, I don't think that this is the biggest issue anyway. People using Linux are usually quite advanced users and are capable of using a WireGuard config file, which is often the better choice anyway.
In my eyes, the largest issue, which I have noticed just by reading posts a couple of years old, is that some features are planned on a platform (for parity or accessibility) and will then be followed up with mostly nothing. To me as a customer, this seems like bad management. Features in the iOS app should not take two years to be implemented in the Android client, and vice versa. You release more products and then largely ignore pressing issues. The reason I choose Proton services is not because I want a new Password manager that is replaceable by three other technically equally good or better alternatives that have zero issues, but because I want to replace services that have no good privacy-oriented alternative. Like the email service you guys got famous for in the privacy community.
If improvement of the portfolio is so important, maybe instead of pumping out products, the mobile apps should be at least accessible for the rather large number of users that do not have access to Google services out of their own choice (of which I am not one). Maybe two mobile clients should not get the same feature in the span of a few years. This example is not an issue of lacking resources. You have a rather large team working on different projects for the same platform. On Android, implementing push notification support without Google's APIs should be rather straight-forward, especially since you have already done so in the VPN application. Yet, for several years now, there has been no update for it. This simple change would make the mail client viable for the f-droid repo. There are open-source projects that are maintained by hundreds of people at a time. You should shift your focus, and I believe you would likely succeed in creating actual finished products by focusing on one product at a time.
All of this being said, I still want to thank you. The reason for all this inconsistency across products and platforms is likely due to the high complexity of said products; I am aware of that. There is simply no other company that does it quite like you guys do. All I know is that despite the issues I face every day, I gladly try to use your products when they do work. I would not want it any other way.
Your services are hard to use (not from a UI/UX point of view), and I hope you can work on this incredible base you guys have built. The few issues I have listed here are not the only ones on my list, but they aren't new to you guys either, so I will shorten the text wall.