youtube getting more aggressive… i’ve got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up

  • Canopyflyer
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    692 years ago

    My family watches several Youtube channels on the main HTPC. It had Chrome for them to use, as that is what the kids and my wife are familiar with from school/ work. Then this BS started. I use Firefox on my personal PC and have yet to have a problem.

    So I dumped Chrome off of the HTPC.

    It would be amusing if Chrome lost a ton of market share to Firefox and other browsers.

    • @Mereo@lemmy.ca
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      872 years ago

      It won’t. We are an extreme minority who really have the know-how to get around this. The majority will just give in and subscribe.

      This is what happened with Netflix. Everyone thought that Netflix would lose subscribers with the crackdown on password sharing. On the contrary, they gained subscribers and is bringing even more revenue: https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-adds-88-million-subscribers-amid-password-sharing-crackdown-hikes-prices-for-some-plans.

      • danque
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        202 years ago

        In other words, the general population likes to be used by companies and really don’t give a shit as long as they can watch videos.

      • @Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        Blocking ads on YouTube is kind of like eating meat. It can’t quite be morally justified, but I’m still guilty of it.

        Currectly I’m updating uBlock 3 times a day to keep up with YouTube’s detection algorithms, so I’m obviously willing to go to great lenghts to block ads, but after it gets difficult enough, I’ll most likely just give in and get a subscribtion. It’s by far the most valuable streaming service for me, yet I’ve used it (ad)free for more than 15 years. If now is the time they say enough, then fine. It was good while it lasted. I don’t think that ads-based bussines model is the way to go anyways, so perhaps I should practice what I preach. Currenltly I’m only paying for Spotify and one podcast.

        If competiton comes along that’s even one tenth as good, I’m perfectly willing to jump ship, though. Google has lost my trust.

    • Karyoplasma
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      12 years ago

      I use Chrome on my work laptop and Firefox on my personal computron and I either get the pop-up on both devices or not at all.