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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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Truly awful
That's when we used to poop in the times before you could bring your internet connected screens with you.
I don't use an ad blocker anymore but I do pay for a bunch of services and I always pick ad free. I never see ads really.
If I were to use an ad blocker I would set up a pie hole or similar. I had that before and it worked pretty well but with the server side ads on YouTube you would still see those.
I use an add blocker to such an extent im horrified every time I'm on an unfamiliar device and have to deal with copious adds.
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Camara zooms out revealing a third guy looking down into his face youtube requiring a Webcam so they can track your eyes
I'm convinced Mark Zuckerberg had a wet dream about pupil tracking when he bought Oculus.
im convinced his business model if AR/VR ever takes off will involve pupil tracking yes
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After going nuclear against ad blockers, at some point google is going to introduce a new “feature” where YouTube uses AI with your phone’s camera to automatically pause videos when you look away from your phone.
Then they’ll make it so you have to buy a subscription to turn it off during ads.
Me if that happens:
jk, i barely use YT as it is. I'm waiting for the YT ToS update that causes a mass migration to peertube
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That would be a point where I would just never use YouTube again.
I'm doing this now. For Mr/Ms fix it myself, I don't find much elsewhere. I hope that changes.
aint nobody got time for that
On Linux or Windows? Firefox + uBlock origin (there’s nothing better than that)
On Mac? Firefox + uBlock origin (worse alternative: Safari + AdGuard, since you might synch browser with iPhone)
On Android? Firefox + Privacy Badger + uBlock Origin
On iOS? Safari + AdGuard + Vinegar + Baking Soda
On SmartTV it’s different.
Hardest overall solution: Get yourself a Pi-Hole https://pi-hole.net/
For WebOS TVs use this: https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos
Android TVs should get SmartTube: https://github.com/yuliskov/smarttube#smarttube-old-name-smarttubenext
RokuTVs got either this thing: https://channelstore.roku.com/en-ca/details/840aec36f51bfe6d96cf6db9055a372a/playlet or the open source alternative: https://github.com/iBicha/playlet
And for Samsungs tizen os smart TV's tizentube for YouTube with a pi hole for the ads in the interface.
I look forward to the day apple is forced to allow other browser engines to run on iOS.
Unfortunatly, they were smart. To the average lawmaker, Firefox, chrome, edge, etc all run on ios, so there's no issue.
Why use privacy badger on Android?
You should note that Pi-Hole works for YouTube on gaming consoles aswell!