As part of a general trend, yeah it looks that way. But, this is just YouTube. It’s a big part of the web, but it’s not the web, and definitely not the internet. It sounds like there’s already ways around it though so for the type of folks who would have ad blocked I don’t see a lot changing, which does make me wonder the point of this is though.
Yeah, I’m not too worried about it. Youtube is not the only video site on the Internet, and if I have to pick between them and my adblockers, I’m keeping the adblockers.
I’m running Pi-Hole, DNS block-lists on my firewall, Ublock in the browsers, Temporary Containers for every webpage, and other shit I don’t even remember probably. I couldn’t even turn all that off without significant effort.
Also just get a better ad blocker.
It’s been ages since I have entered the youtube.com domain, I use the libredirect extension to go to invidious instances. Sometimes the instances are blocked and I have to try another one but its a small price to pay for internet freedom. Still, google is trying to sue invidious for using their API, which they don’t, they just scrape the website, but I would like to see the bullshit google comes out with.
I’m on vacation for the next two weeks. I only really need to log into Google for work. I got proton mail subscription and I’ve been moving all my personal stuff to that slowly. I’m going to finish it off and just cut Google out completely for personal use.
All companies seem to be doing their best lately to cure us of our social media addiction.
Back to videogame addiction it is boys!
I missed it tbh
Imagine if this turned out to legitimately be true, sarcasm aside.
They WANT us to stop fighting and just use social media less lmfao.
Yeah for real. Enshittification has gotten me permanently off Facebook for like 4 years and Twitter for like 10. Reddit now for a few months. Getting ready to leave YouTube.
I have been playing guitar a lot more lately 😊
Been telling myself I need to get more exercise…
I’ve been using GitHib as a social media. But instead of memes I see pull requests and commits.
Are you me? I have been off of Twitter and Facebook for years now. Reddit is dead to me. YouTube seems like it’s heading in the shitter. I’ve also been playing more guitar lately too! I’m still early on, I think I’m progressing nicely but I’m firmly in the “novice” stage. Take it from someone who didn’t exercise at all before, you’ll do yourself great even taking a nice walk for 20-30 minutes every day possible. It gets easier everyday, and they become enjoyable.
Haha pretty close! I’m more of a veteran guitar player. Just very rusty. Used to be 4-6 hrs a day. Now is more like 4-6 hrs a month. Last month was more like 4-6 hrs a week though!!
I hiked a lot during the pandemic! New job has had me sitting at my desk and ordering delivery though. Too much pot and beer, and I’m starting to feel winded doing things that are setting off some early alarm bells lol
Been telling myself I need to get more exercise…
I decided to get offline more and get more exercise. I found a personal trainer who runs his own gym. He has a media center set up to play music. It plays youtube videos. Without an adblock.
I’ve seen more youtube ads at the gym than I’ve seen when I’m doomscrolling at home.
My exercise of choice is hiking, so I’m all set to see less ads when exercising.
…for now :shudder:
less not none
I’m back on internet forums now. Screw the big companies.
Can you recommend some general forums that focus on a wide array of topics? Or do you only visit niché community forums?
The Whirlpool forums are probably going to meet that requirement, though they’re local to Australia. I’m not sure of a global equivalent…
The fediverse makes the internet feel more alive than ever.
It feels less mindless scrolling and more interaction.
There are also discussions and (small) flame wars ☺️
Feels like ‘back in the day’ where everything was a bit wonky but people could actually help eachother (and not being nudge nudge nudged all the time to be distracted by something else).
The illusion of infinite growth on “free use” ad based business dies when investment funds demand more benefits from former startups now turned into corporations whose only asset of value is the their users’ data. You are the product, so it’s time to squeeze you.
I think such data is currently overvalued on a overgrown ad-targeting market with too many competitors, and adding more ads only devaluates each ad value further, because users’ consuming capacity also has a limit. So I see a severe correction coming. Another bubble burst, and another crisis inside the crisis that late capitalism itself is.
Excellent analysis!
Corporate profits and soulless capitalism aside. Do you think that petabytes of server space and countless hours of making videos for your entertainment should be free?
I mean lets imagine we create a space for creators to upload without most of the revenue going to a fat ceo. There are no algorithms tweaked for constant numbing entertainment just to squeeze every last minute of our attention. Just a platform for people to talk about their passion and create content heaps better than the shit on the tv. Would we still be bitching that it should be free? Because i think we would
Lot of things are free, and seeking financial compensation also ends in lots of competitive nudgy, click-baitey, rage inducing content.
I’d like to share some skills, well when they are good enough :-) and I would be delighted if people used the material at all! Even, or actually more delighted, if they used it to make even better material.
Do you really think they are doing it for free??
In the second quarter of 2023, Google’s revenue amounted to over 74,3 billion U.S. dollars, up from the 69.1 billion U.S. dollars registered in the same quarter a year prior. The company amounted an annual revenue of 279.8 billion U.S. dollars throughout 2022, its highest value to date, with most of its earnings being powered by advertising through Google sites and its network.
Revenue ain’t profit mate. Everyone knows the only reason Google exists is because ads support them so they can give all their services for free primarily.
Do you really think they are doing it for free??
No, but if everyone started using ad blockers they would. Thats the point here, isn’t it? Google wants to stop people using ad blockers because the are loosing revenue.
But they aren’t loosing revenue. What kind of shill are you? They are making record profits.
but but they’re losing the increase in revenue! they’re making less more money than they could be! think of the derivative!!
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They need to know you’ve actually paid for the content. Its the norm with streaming apps, even if the music is on your device it still needs to be authorized to actually play it. Otherwise you would be able to download as much content as possible within one billing period, cancel your subscription and enjoy hundreds of dollars worth of music for one monthly fee.
Their paid offerings suck in more ways than this sadly. Youtube search sucks balls even if you pay for premium. They constantly ask you to watch their “shorts”, and small creators sometimes have a very hard time staying monetized because of bullshit that youtube makes them go through. It is partially our fault tho, collectively we watch the dumbest shit. Logan Paul had shitloads of subscribers and made a fortune because thats what normal prople like to watch.
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FYI downloads are good for 30 days, not 3.
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Drink verification can.
Not the internet, the web, there is a distinction and the internet will be fine we will just move to other protocols and leave the ad companies out in the cold.
This is hardly the first time this sort of thing has happened. We’ll probably just figure out another workaround like we have many times in the past.
Would Google know if you’re using a DNS-level ad blocker? Probably not, so everyone can just move to that.Edit: I forgot that Google serves ads from the same servers as the content, so DNS as blockers don’t work…
DNS level ad blockers don’t work for YouTube or any other site that serves ads from the same place as the content.
Oh, right. Duh.
This is why Google being the ad server and content hoster sucks.
Those don’t work on Youtube, the videos and ads have been coming from the same domain for a while now.
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So how adblockers works then?
Once most of the YouTube users are captured under the subscription, prices will raise again and again and again and again and again and ag
And the quality of the service is going to get worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and wor
Why is getting everyone cut off bef
Oh god, no. The fediverse killer is ba
Honestly, as soon as there’s a video sharing site and a few of my friends move, I’ll be good to just abandon the web for Gemini.
Could you explain what Gemini is? I already know without looking that all my search attempts are going to be horoscope stuff, and I don’t have the info to really narrow it down to anything.
It’s a network protocol, like HTTP/S. It was inspired by the Gopher protocol from the '90s, but it supports basic text formatting (with Markdown-like syntax) and forces TLS encryption.
Here’s the homepage: gemini.circumlunar.space
Here’s a Gemini browser I like: gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange
Here’s my personal Gemini capsule (the equivalent of a website): gemini://deafeningcreationearthquake.flounder.online
And here’s an old Gopher hole, for comparison: gopher://gopher.linkerror.com:70/1/txt_index
Please note that you will need a Gemini browser to view these sites. I recommend Lagrange, which is cross-platform, FOSS, and supports Gopher, Gemini, Finger, and Spartan; but other software is available.
Sorry if I’ve made this sound confusing.
tl;dr: It’s an alternative to HTTP.
While not especially tech-inclined, I think I’m up for handling confusing these days and I got people I could bother if I run into jargon truly impenetrable. I really appreciate all the links as well as the recommendation, thank you :)
Edit: I also vastly appreciate the time they’ve taken to make a jargon and non-jargon version of the FAQ. That has to be a labor of love and most things along these lines can feel daunting and inaccessible past a certain point simply because other tech bros understand it perfectly without the need for crayons
You’re welcome. Good luck in geminispace!
@hellfire103 @Nepenthe
Nice capsule!@[email protected] Thanks!
YouTube ReVanced. Problem solved.
Mine hasn’t been working right for a few days. Videos start for a minute or so then the loading circle starts up.
Yeah, I had the same. The newest version works good though.
Yeah, in general when the app stops working or starts becoming buggy, just download a new version and re-patch.
Did you repatch with the latest recommended version? I just had to
I don’t see any reccomended version. There is only (beta) and versions marked nothing
If you open revanced manager, go to patcher and click select an application. If you see YouTube with an already installed stock version is should show suggested.
I just grab the suggested version from apkmirror and use the storage option on that same selection screen.
Thanks I figured it out already. I was using revanced-builder for termux which was abandoned now. But now revanved manager does nor prompts to install app, sharing doesn’t work, and exporting apk crashes. And i was trying to use official revanved -cli though
Strange. I haven’t had issues with NewPipe
I will continue to use ublock and let Google lose money in the process I don’t mind. In fact I’m all for it
People like the meme creator will turn the tides around. Perfectly crafted meme.
