Those YouTube ads everyone hates made $10.4 billion in just three months
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A bad person can create a good product sure, doesn't mean we need to support it.
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I keep brave around pretty much just for this, because it's the easiest and most effective way on MacOS and iOS. And yet they still seem to be getting through sometimes lately.
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The easiest and most effective way on macOS and iOS is to use the AdGuard extension for Safari. Or the U block origin extension in Firefox.
Neither come with the shame of using a browser developed by a homophobic anti-vaxxer.
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PiHole can mostly block ads on propetiary software
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There’s no slave labor (nor children) involved in producing an iPhone. Unless you completely twist the meaning of the word “slave“ to mean something completely different than what it really means. Of course, unless you have proof that child slaves built my iPhone. I’m pretty sure you don’t.
As for criticizing self-righteousness, what the hell do you call your entire comment but self-righteous whataboutim?
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Mine is capitalising everything because of German.
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When I watch YouTube on the Roku in my bedroom I see ads and it's terrible. If I see a 30 second ad I go back and hit play again, usually I have to do that two or three times and then I get a 5-second skippable ad. Even then I'm often only two or three minutes into the video before it plays another ad.
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Not YouTube because the ads come from the same "source", so blocking that DNS would mean blocking the actual video, too. That's my week understanding of it, at least.
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At least German is consistent, unlike English where every so-called "rule" nearly has more exceptions than places it applies. As a native speaker I'm always amazed that anyone manages to learn our train wreck of a language.
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You need an android TV or an android box similar to a Roku to use that? Not super familiar. Any recommendations to be compatible with my current non-smart TV?
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Sponsor block is a nice extra though
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Yeah. What ads?
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Same. We should all collectively abandon ship and just learn Esperanto or something.
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I just avoid channels with annoying sponsor segments, that has been a pretty good filter which also largely avoids clickbaity titles, since they seem to go hand in hand.
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On Android.
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DNS filering alone doesn't work for YouTube in my experience.
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Android streaming boxes are the most flexible. Replace the stock launcher with projectivy once set up.
Inexpensive: Onn
Best: Nvidia Shield Pro
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I don't hate them. I think 80% should go back to the creators though.
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Ads didn’t make 10 billion, Google charged advertisers 10 billion. IMO ads have gone so pervasive they’ve hit a point of diminishing returns. They’re everywhere, we hate them, and those 10 billion spent would have to bring many more billions in sales to be an attractive service.
I can’t wait for the ad bubble to burst, as advertisers understand they’re just giving money away to megaadvertisers for paltry conversions.
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I don't even think he's that bad. The worst thing he did was create JavaScript, which is largely fixed now, and the second worst is donate to an anti-LGBT group with his own money. As CEO of Mozilla, he led a very diverse group, diverse enough to kick him out once they found out about his donation.
I personally wish he was back at Mozilla instead of the nonsense leaders they've had since he left. I certainly don't agree with his political views, but he built a great organization and I think Mozilla would be in a better place with him at the helm.
I don't use Brave as my main browser because I think Firefox is still worth supporting as an independent browser engine, but Brave is my backup if I need a chromium browser.
