How I wrote filter rules for YouTube
  • kepix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 hours ago

    honestly waiting 3 seconds of buffering is not the end of the world. i just have ptsd from the last isp, and makes my brain think i dont have net.

    currently experiencing this on librewolf, however cromite desktop loads in instantly. google also have to fight against revanced, smartube, tubular…etc. this is a long ass battle and bless every codemonkey fighting the big brother.

  • FenrirIII@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    6 hours ago

    I wonder how much they spend trying to defeat adblockers versus how much revenue they lose because of them.

  • treyf711@eviltoast.orgEnglish
    11·
    5 hours ago

    YouTube is really cool right now. The video ads that come up are ai voices just rambling about some new discovery and a minute in I have no idea what the ad is supposed to be for. Another cool thing that happened while I was at work was YouTube showed me some sort of blocky AI generated image in the top left right of what appeared to be a woman performing fellatio. The neat thing was that it was an ad for roof repair.

  • ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    8 hours ago

    I finally had to update (19.16.39 --> 20.12.46) and repatch my YouTube on Android via ReVanced. I’ll probably need to do that again in 6 months. I use uBlock Origin and LibreWolf on PC and SmartTube on my TV. I hope Google understands I won’t be watching YouTube with ads.

    https://github.com/revanced

    https://codeberg.org/librewolf

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin

    https://smarttubeapp.github.io/

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    84·
    11 hours ago

    Noticed it for a single day, then ublock must’ve updated and everything works fine again. I will drop YT entirely before I watch a single shitty ad on there, let alone pay for a sub.

  • Monstrosity@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    7 hours ago

    I use Pop_OS & the other day I was browsing the Store & stumbled on this app called ‘youtubedl-gui’. Then I found out it’s also available via apt.

    Really cool little piece of software. Maybe check it out

  • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    10 hours ago

    I have a Premium subscription, but I can give you an even bigger reason to never use YouTube. They actively push brain rot in their search. No matter what words I use to search for something, it is almost always the same results. Looking for nostalgic videos from the 90s? YT: “Here is the most recent brain rot on the Internet.”

  • Sal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    10 hours ago

    Google trying its best to destroy adblockers and adblockers going “lmao low diff” is sooooo entertaining.

    • hogmomma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      I paid for their app and I’ve never felt more torn about recommending a product. On the one hand, it works pretty darned well (except for the inability to comment ON YouTube). On the other hand, I’ve contacted their support at LEAST three times and have no response. No bueno.