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| NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: MK14 on October 31, 2023, 12:11:54 am ---But, to specifically on purpose, activate a huge number of adverts, to play a game of poke the (Google) bear. Could end up with winning unwanted, stupid prizes. Such as visits, at 4:00 AM, by teams of men, in blue or black uniforms, then having your life turned upside down, and losing access to most things, not only YouTube. --- End quote --- Good thing there's not just one country in the world. Do it in one that could care less about it. |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 31, 2023, 02:50:36 am ---Good thing there's not just one country in the world. Do it in one that could care less about it. --- End quote --- Well, it would be a bit like a car driver or motorcyclist, driving at 100+ MPH, zigzagging like crazy through traffic. (I.e. playing a stupid game). Then on returning to a country that does worry about rules and the law. Fractionally, hitting a black pick-up truck, and then almost getting run over by the wheels, of a massive 18 wheel (or similar), presumably weighing many tens of tons, truck. Then surviving, for people to say, "win stupid prizes". Yes, you *could* do it. But it might not be a good idea, and it could go horribly wrong. |
| NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: MK14 on October 31, 2023, 03:05:10 am ---Well, it would be a bit like a car driver or motorcyclist, driving at 100+ MPH, zigzagging like crazy through traffic. (I.e. playing a stupid game). Then on returning to a country that does worry about rules and the law. Fractionally, hitting a black pick-up truck, and then almost getting run over by the wheels, of a massive 18 wheel (or similar), presumably weighing many tens of tons, truck. Then surviving, for people to say, "win stupid prizes". --- End quote --- Presumably, it would be done by someone who lives in that country. It would be quite uneconomical to travel just to work around a law, even though the statute of limitations could theoretically be used to make it actually work. (Just very impractical.) |
| JoeRoy:
--- Quote from: Bicurico on October 13, 2023, 08:38:13 am ---I use uBlock Origin and today I got the first Youtube message complaining that it is not allowed to use ad blocker. I can click the X on the message box (instead of the two buttons, one to switch off ad blocker, the other to subscribe to Youtube Premium) and the video is shown. But the next video shows the message again... Screw Youtube, I will significantly reduce my Youtube usage, which mainly consists in using it for playing background music, by listening to online radio or my own playlists for my own music collection. Anyone using a "better" Ad Blocker, which is not recognized by Youtube? --- End quote --- uBlock Origin is working perfectly, you just need to update it by "Purge all caches", when Youtube blocked it, they fixed it in a few minutes. |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on October 31, 2023, 03:20:40 am ---Presumably, it would be done by someone who lives in that country. It would be quite uneconomical to travel just to work around a law, even though the statute of limitations could theoretically be used to make it actually work. (Just very impractical.) --- End quote --- Well, to give you an actual example. In the UK, on public highways (e.g. Motorways), the maximum speed limit, can be up to 70 MPH. But, if you are happy to holiday or something, in Germany. You can drive from the UK to Germany (using the channel tunnel or channel crossings), and on their autobahns, go to a much higher speed. I think it use to have unlimited (no) speed limit, but now it is more limited speed wise, in some places. But there are still sections, with no speed limits, for some vehicle types. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn A better solution would just be to use a test track, or just stick to sensible speed limits. But some people, are really determined, to (legally), drive a lot faster, to see how their vehicle performs. Back on track (pun intentional), there are probably YouTube videos, showing people doing just that. But if YouTube insists on showing, horrible (to at least me), adverts every few minutes. It would spoil the experience of such a video. |
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