• Bruja [she/her, love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    Well, they’re starting to restrict ways adblockers can work now, within Chrome/Chromium/Edge/other derivatives.
    Can’t prevent using an adblocking dns, thought.
    https://alternate-dns.com/ (setup instructions, they do have mostly US-based servers so not great for privacy but generally a step up from rando public wi-fi dns, might be slightly faster)
    https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html (based in Cyprus 🇨🇾, not in Amerikkka, and has an encrypted dns option for more privacy)
    A pi-hole can be great at home, but connecting to public Wi-Fi these addresses are easy to add as manual dns in the connection options. I copy the dns addresses to a note on my phone and copy them When making new connections. Also add them to family routers when doing tech support as it prevents malware addresses and I get fewer house calls.

      • Bruja [she/her, love/loves]
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        2 years ago

        Agreed on all counts. If uBlock origin misses anything, or other elements need to be banished, it’s a right-click away.
        It’s like that gif of Times Square without the advertising.
        http://i.imgur.com/QcNnupf.gif

        • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          it's better than that, empty times square still has the advertising infrastructure

      • StalinistApologist [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I got a few months of youtube premium free and it's so amazing not to have ads and to be able to listen to music with my phone screen off. The people responsible for the version with ads should be redacted.

        • dismal [they/them, undecided]
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          2 years ago

          didnt you literally use to be able to listen to a video playing in the background via youtube with the phones' screen off? i swear i used to constantly listen to entire albums of music on a shitty android with the screen off and basically not having to deal with the nightmare that is getting the fucking video skipped/paused/whatever while its floating around my backpack. i fucking HATE this trend of INTRODUCING problems to a service just to charge the end user to remove them. BIGGEST fucking scam of all time i fucking hate it

          i didnt mind ads too much before becoming a communist but now seeing as its obviously all pretty much only driven by infinite fucking growth and profit obsessed :brainworms: havers and not for "legitimate" need for profit to sustain a service i literally cant stand seeing them now

          • hes_fired [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            I've found that on FF on Android, if I boot a song up on yt, then switch tabs so that tab is in the background, then lock my screen, I can play the background tab from the audio menu on the lockscreen

            As with everything android, ymmv