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    • Einstein
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      • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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        1 year ago

        Don't hold back. I can't Internet without it. I wonder how anyone does. One you've installed it, you'll wonder why you waited

        • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          It's a double edged sword; since I've largely eliminated ads from my media consumption habits, when I actually do get them (Like on the fucking gas station pumps?!?!?!?) it throws me into a feral rage

          • UlyssesT
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            • emizeko [they/them]
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              1 year ago

              good reason to carry a universal remote or tv-b-gone type device

          • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            still trying to wrap my head around ads on gas pumps. i get second hand rage from this one every time.

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        just do it. putting up with 2023 internet without an adblocker is miserable.

        you can do firefox+ublock origin on any computer and any android phone and it feels like premium internet. i promise you wont be able to go back.

  • TheWorldSpins [any, undecided]
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    1 year ago

    I'll just download the videos before I disable adblock lmao. I'll mute my audio and close my eyes if that doesn't work. I will never see "ad".

  • jaeme
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    1 year ago

    Alphabet Inc. has been rolling out the punitive nonfree JS measures to users selected at random for beta testing. This is part of a normalized corporate strategy of making their users involuntary QA testers of anti-features before rolling out the anti-feature universally.

    They don't actually want to make it impossible to block ads on Youtube, they just want it to be very difficult since by using Youtube itself you are still contributing to their business model.

    A tale as old as the liberal milquetoast reddit API drama.

    • Einstein
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  • GhostofLeninsGhost [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Try changing the browser agent to make it think Firefox is Chrome. If that works, then yeah, it's cause you're on Firefox.

    Obligatory Fuck Google.

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    If this becomes unbeatable I'll simply stop using YouTube. Fuck ads. I hate them so fucking much.

  • Einstein
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  • moonlake [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Browsing without an adblocker, this is a twelfth type of liberalism mao-shining

  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Just happened to me too, was using ublock origin and privacy badger on Firefox for Windows 10. I tried following the advice on the ublock subreddit so here's hoping that does something (less relevant for those who don't even have an adblocker but maybe it'll help others idk).

    Very cool that Youtube is presumably using a ton of resources to ensure people have to watch mind numbing adverts for shitty products they'll never buy instead of preventing 10 year olds getting an endless pipeline of Andrew Tate videos and shit.

    • Einstein
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      • UlyssesT
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        • Einstein
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  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    How come I've never seen this popup even though I use all the adblockers?

    • Einstein
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