Is there any way I can stop google and youtube from seeing what I am doing or ‘talking’ to each other about what I am doing at least? Its been happening enough that I am just seriously weirded out and not comfortable, I thought I would ask here and hopefully get some help.
No…
No matter the setting, they’ll always track and follow you. Others are saying to turn a setting off, but all it does is hide the fact that they’re following you and everything you’re doing…
Honestly I just don’t like thinking about it, if possible I would prefer if they didn’t do it, but thats not going to happen, so even if they are tracking me, just not seeing it would be better than seeing it with me. Ignorance is bliss sometimes. I just don’t like thinking about it, but there aren’t a lot of options.
There’s a reason why people are going back to “dumb phones”…
here is what I recomend:
Use FreeTube. It is a fully open source youtube client which fetches videos from invidious which makes u anonymous while accessing youtube and allows you to “Subscribe” to individual creators so you can check on what they post. More here: freetubeapp.io
Install and configure uBlock Origin.
import custom filter lists such as Developer Dans Lightswitch 05: https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/
and OISD Filter list which can be found at oisd.nl.