At the moment I am thinking about getting a new phone in the foreseeable future. I was long time using android, but switched to iOS 5 years ago because of the longer update period. Now also some android devices offer a longer update support of about 5 years. Now I am thinking about switching back to android.

But i am wondering: is there any big difference from a privacy perspective between iOS and android? I know you can go for custom roms on android that are focused on privacy which i also used in the past, but i am not planning on doing this in the future. So it would come down to stock android vs stock iOS. Any advice there or is all lost anyway?

  • Pjol@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    how are you watching YouTube without ads?

    My controversial way (probably will be downvoted) is with Premium to support content creators i enjoy.

    But to answer your question; My understanding is Brave Browser (despite WebKit) and AdGuard with Safari also removes ads.

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      1 year ago

      Well, I’d say to support content creators directly if they provide such option rather than through YouTube ads or YouTube Premium. I think that even donating 1$ one time is more that channel would have earned from like thousand of your views.