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GORDON wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 4:14 pm I already pay for the ad free version so it's fine.
Until they decide they can make more money by adding ads OR making you pay more, which always happens as the cycle is endless.
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Leisher wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 4:10 pm I can't tell if this is about YouTube and/or YouTubeTV... The article is really vague, but talks heavily about TVs.

Unskippable 30 sec ads on the way.
Looks like the real YouTube to me. Which I don't pay for, and the ads already suck
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I watch enough plain YouTube that it's worth the $11 to me. I don't know how anyone would use it regularly with ads.
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GORDON wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 9:15 pm I watch enough plain YouTube that it's worth the $11 to me. I don't know how anyone would use it regularly with ads.
I watch about 1 video a week, and it's super annoying to me.
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Google came up with the brilliant idea to allow .zip web addresses. This guy explains why this is monumentally stupid.

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Party's over, companies are ditching happy customers for a philosophy of "how far can we piss them off til they quit."

See: airlines
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GORDON wrote: Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:27 pm Party's over, companies are ditching happy customers for a philosophy of "how far can we piss them off til they quit."
Got to keep pushing the unsustainable "make more profit every quarter for Wall St." system.
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It's only fair that those people sit through the same shitty ads I sit through. Or pay like Gordon.

But man it was nice to be an early adblocking adopter and not have ads for so long.
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I watch enough YT that the $11/month (or whatever) is well worth it.
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TheCatt wrote: Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:43 pm But man it was nice to be an early adblocking adopter and not have ads for so long.
Is there a way to block them when off the PC, like watching YT on Chromecast, PS3, etc?
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GORDON wrote: Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:49 pm
TheCatt wrote: Sat Jul 01, 2023 3:43 pm But man it was nice to be an early adblocking adopter and not have ads for so long.
Is there a way to block them when off the PC, like watching YT on Chromecast, PS3, etc?
Some people use pi-holes or similar. But I've never tried it.
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Playables

From what I understand this is basically mobile/casual games that will be played in YouTube, which I believe absolutely nobody asked for?
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Turning off internet for certain users in the name of cybersecurity.

It's a trial, but this is hilarious.

If the world's top internet company is turning off the internet for its users...
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I don't think that's a good idea.
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Image

Just did the search to see if it's real, and it is.

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Wired published a story about how google altered search queries to make more money about a week ago, with content like this
"Google likely alters queries billions of times a day in trillions of different variations. Here’s how it works. Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different query that just happens to generate more money for the company, and will generate results you weren’t searching for at all. It’s not possible for you to opt out of the substitution. If you don’t get the results you want, and you try to refine your query, you are wasting your time. This is a twisted shopping mall you can’t escape."
I was super skeptical, but have been busy the past week and never looked into it. Just seemed like a way too obvious way to get caught

Today, they retracted it.
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