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| tszaboo:
--- Quote from: Bicurico on October 31, 2023, 09:49:00 am ---Youtube is working again on my main computer. Very strange. --- End quote --- It's working on and off. I think it's account related. I just open the video in incognito mode and watch it there. Adblock and sponsorblock still works there, it's just annoying. |
| metrologist:
I read in the news that a record hundreds of thousands of users are uninstalling adblockers as a result of YT expanding their experiment. That's disappointing. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: helius on October 31, 2023, 05:48:34 pm --- --- Quote from: SiliconWizard on October 30, 2023, 08:03:26 pm ---Exactly. And the subscription-everything for what used to be free online services is a new trend, as I mentioned before. It's going to be the new normal. Both to milk the cow further, and also, arguably, because most online services were just not sustainable businesses (shaky business models), so they need to make a predictable stream of revenue. Subscriptions are a fully predictable revenue, selling ads or data is not (even though it can make a lot of money). In any case, that won't stop them from still selling your data behind your back as before, as PlainName said. --- End quote --- I'm seeing some of this trend with domain registrars. It used to be that many of them provided free email services with the price of a domain name. Now (mine) seem to be monetizing the email service separately, for far more than the domain itself cost. Are others having this experience too? --- End quote --- Yep. Mine just did as well. Are you by any chance using Gandi as well? |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: metrologist on November 03, 2023, 07:48:14 pm ---I read in the news that a record hundreds of thousands of users are uninstalling adblockers as a result of YT expanding their experiment. That's disappointing. --- End quote --- Maybe they are switching to different ones. But there is a simple workaround: click the 'share' button and then choose 'embed' and there is the video ready to play. |
| MT:
Not an single anti-ad for past 7-8 days. uBlock Origin enabled since years past including Vivaldis own inbuilt ad blocker! UA Chrome spoofer plug in works on anti ad crap. |
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