Bulletdust

I didn't switch to anything, I simply never stopped using Firefox as there was no pressing need to do so.

If I use an adblocker under FF they don't push ads either, while Google still make record profits quarter over quarter using my personal data.

If we use Spotify as an example of modern corporate culture, it's deemed acceptable that they effectively rob artists if rightful income using a pricing structure that equates to a couple of cents in the dollar for the artist - While Spotify themselves pocket a vast proportion of profits. But if I use an adblocker on the free version of Spotify, I'm going against their terms and conditions and robbing Spotify of 'rightful income'.

In certain countries, Spotify have actually pulled their service as a result of being told they have to overhaul their pricing structure to renumerate artists fairly if they want to provide their service in the country in question.

The hipocracy regarding modern corporate culture and service pricing is extreme. If such a perspective is good enough for the service provider, it's good enough for me.

I do pay. They use my private browsing data for free, in return I watch YouTube with no ads because I use an adblocker. I have nothing in place preventing Google from tracking my internet usage, they can even track where I travel - So they're free to use my data while I can watch YouTube for free without four ads in a 15 minute video.

As stated, I am not some commodity that exists solely as a means for large publically traded corporations bigger than most Governments to make a killing in relation to profits because of the modern mindset that growth must be sustained quarter over quarter in order to appease shareholders.

In Sept 2023 Alphabet turned a $76.69bn profit, up 11% from the same time last year. You see how that works, right. <--Notice no question mark, that's a statement.

4 ads in a 15-20 minute video is as degraded as things get, I'd rather stare at the wall for 5 mins.

Contrary to popular modern corporate culture, I'm not a commodity who's sole purpose is to provide continued growth quarter over quarter to appease shareholders. Meanwhile the price of YouTube premium has actually increased on top of increased cost of living expenses.

So fuck Google, they can actually pay me for my personal browsing information, or I'll continue to use adblockers. Hell, yt-dlp isn't out of the question at this point in time.

Considering data harvesting, they can either pay me for my private data, or I'll watch YouTube for free without ads.

Furthermore, the price of YouTube Premium is increasing.

Gotta ensure the greedy corporation makes record profits quarter over quarter.

https://9to5google.com/2023/07/19/youtube-premium-price-increase/

I got Death Stranding...

...It was free. The Epic client runs under Bottles in its own isolated sandbox, so it can't spy on me.

If it's free it's for me, if you have to pay no way.

Precisely, because we have to look after the shareholders.

Considering that Netflix are planning on dumping their popular midrange plan in favour of either the more expensive and less popular 4k plan, or the ad ridden cheaper plan - This almost sounds like an attempt at swaying the masses, by making them believe that most Australians are somehow 'happy' to pay for the cheaper ad ridden plan.

Bend over Netflix, I'll show you what you can do with your ad ridden bullshit, and I'm not paying more for the 4k plan.

Insync takes care of that. I even use Insync on Windows PC's as it's better than native cloud syncing apps from the likes of Google and Microsoft.

Firefox + uBlock Origin + PiHole = I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. I haven't seen a single adblocker warning on YouTube yet.

Stop using browsers based on Chromium people, it's not that hard.

FF w/uBlock Origin and + PiHole = No YouTube disable adblocking pestering here also...