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    Can't make perfect the enemy of the good. 

It's fine to recommend invidious as a safety against what happened in the article. But you should also point out that, by default, the videos are still served by Google and they see (and log) your view.

https://docs.invidious.io/faq/#q-what-data-is-shared-with-yo...

Plus of course

https://docs.invidious.io/faq/#q-what-data-is-collected-by-i...

>>tredre+(OP)
Yep, you're right, thank you. Definitely be sure to check "proxy videos" in preferences.

An aside on invidious collecting data - I am a lot more comfortable with some random guy in Europe having my data than Google.