• Starbuncle@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      uBlock Origin, not uBlock. uBlock is a bullshit extension riding uBO’s popularity to bait people into downloading it.

      • elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Me neither. I have the combination of Firefox+uBlock origin+privacy Badger and I’m a pretty happy camper.

        • nadram@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Firefox, UBO, Privacy Badger, and YT Premium. Sorry if I disappoint, but that family account with YT music is a great solution. Not to say I wouldn’t reconsider when prices increase…

        • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          On mobile I can avoid ads by using a VPN to my home network which then has pihole. Usually I just don’t watch any videos on mobile

        • Ace! _SL/S@ani.socialEnglish
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          10 months ago

          ReVanced if you want the original Youtube app

          Otherwise there are dozens of apps which don’t show ads, just look arround F-Droid

          SmartTubeNext for AndroidTV

          • Swarfega@lemm.eeEnglish
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            10 months ago

            I use PipePipe too. Also has SponserBlock inbuilt. Make sure you enable it though.

            Alternatively, Firefox and uBlock Origin works.

  • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    There would be less talking over each other over definitions if the music industry had not convicted people that murder and stealing on boats was good way to describe unauthorized copying.

    • Faresh@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      German has the term raubkopieren for piracy which translated literally means theft-copying. I kind of find that term funny because somehow it makes it sound even worse than just piracy, since with pirates we at least have the pop fiction image of the pirate, and because it has a paradoxical sound to it (“how can you steal something by copying?”).

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Friendly reminder that pirates didn’t usually stole gold. Piracy was stealing shipping goods, then selling them for profit at some port. Digital piracy is thus defined as acquiring, and then distributing for profit, media that you don’t own the copyrights of. Ad blocking is categorically not piracy.

  • mhague@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    How to “block” ads: Refresh the video multiple times. They will show a few different ads and then give up. It even works on console YT apps which have more ads.

    I guess it affects impressions? I figured they would have fixed that, but this still works so whatever.

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      There’s a Firefox plugin that replaces YT thumbnails with stills from the video. It makes browsing YT so much better.

    • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Their video about thumbnail A/B testing was quite interesting to see. Considering how they have dedicated designers to make these thumbnails I guess that works pretty well, despite your personal opinion on it, with which I agree too.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        You have to understand shit like these thumbsnails arent made for people like you and me.

        They are made for the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins who are incapable of rational, independent thought. The kind that run out and put sandpaper on their windshield wipers and microwave their phones to “fast recharge” them because they saw a video that said to do that.

        and the sad, terrifying reality, is these mentally stunted little goblins outnumber us by margins that are too terrifying to even think about.

        • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          10 months ago

          That’s the way that yields the longest combined watch time from the audience.

          Do they go back and change thumbnails after a while? LTT does focus on a lot of evergreen content as well.

        • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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          10 months ago

          If someone cares about their view count then you shouldn’t give their content your time of day

            • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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              10 months ago

              They make them because it’s fun/they are passionate

              And that makes them higher quality

                • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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                  10 months ago

                  You need to spend more time around small channels

                  LTT is a good example of how what you’re saying is bullshit. All the money in the world but they’re still tech illiterate people making tech videos

              • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                10 months ago

                Dude, this isn’t the Youtube of 2006 anymore.

                Content creating, whether for TV, Radio, or Internet is a job.

      • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        10 months ago

        As part of the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins, i have to say that while i dont love thumbnails like that, i still click on the video because i know it’ll be quality

      • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        And that’s why I have Dearrow. Bye bye bait thumbnails and titles.

          • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            10 months ago

            People start yt channels for a lot of reason and probably the biggest reason is money. I don’t really understand your fixation over yt channels only being passion project.

            • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              10 months ago

              Especially with some channels being financially successful labors of love like Red Letter Media.

            • thethirdobject@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              10 months ago

              i understand even less when people are saying that when someone does something out of passion it should allow us to consume it for free

    • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 months ago

      All of their thumbnails are unfortunately click-baity. They spoke about ut in an older video. Apparently, the click-baity images drive too much traffic for them to justify something more subtle.

      • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Oh, no I totally get it. I’m well aware I’m in the tiny minority that are put off by them. It’s just the kind of illusion that once it gets broken you can no longer unsee it.

        It’s the same with clickbait headlines. If it’s a question, the answer is no.

        “Is this the end of Russia?”

        No.

        keeps on scrolling

      • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        They let Luke bleach it on the wan show.

        He’s never done it before, and took too long so some parts are ultra blonde and others are barely different.

  • bitjunkie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    …to the surprise of absolutely no one who’s been paying attention. They got rid of the coalmine canary clause like a fucking decade ago.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Funny, considering in the past he’s gone on big rants about how adblocking is no different from piracy, and is theft.

    But then again, its Linus we’re talking about, its not like he has a particularly big issue with theft anymore.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Do you have a source? I’ve watched his videos for awhile but I don’t remember hearing this take from him.

    • baseless_discourse@mander.xyzEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I think he mentioned it is priacy, but I don’t recall he said it is theft or piracy is inheritly unethical.

      He mentioned many time that he pirates stuff, except he would pay for them first.