YouTube begins to prepare for the Adblock war
YouTube begins to prepare for the Adblock war
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YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers
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- Stop using the word 'Google' instead of saying 'Search'. Take offense if anyone tells you to 'Google' something - fuck them!!!
- Set Firefox as your default - don't keep 'defaulting' to chrome, or chromium based browsers (as this code mostly comes from Google).
- Be sure to become more acquainted with more platforms, keep shortcuts handy and use them when they have content...
- If you must use Youtube, use it signed out - find your channel and add it to an RSS reader. Avoid using the Youtube interface and avoid the algorithms. Search for any channels you watch on alternative platforms.
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The upside if we all use the term Google, is that over time Google will lose their ability to enforce their trademark.
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Firefox on mobile caters for extensions too. Not having ads or tracking on your phone is great. FF on both mobile and desktop is fantastic tbh.
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Firefox Focus is also a lovely little mobile browser for random queries and such. It's effectively always in private browsing mode; anytime you close it, it clears its cache.
I definitely use it more often than "regular" Firefox on mobile. I only really use regular Firefox if I need some sort of persistence or login.
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Doesn't have sponsorblock though unless you use nightly and make some tweaks
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Ask me do I care, lol.
a) Linux, Firefox + uBlockOrigin + Enhancer for YouTube;
b) Android, Firefox + uBlock Origin + Video Background Play Fix;
c) I never ever use any account or login into the youtube. Playlists? Got favorites/bookmarks in browser :) Voting, comments? I don't care. Native youtube android apk? Never. So, no tracking and stats for you and no dumb auto recomendations for me. Thanks.
P.S. oh, and all cookies are auto deleted on last tab close. Bye.
So, war with or strike me how? Close whole site or put everything under paywall and die? Hahaha
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Will that android technique work on IOS too?
Edit: nvm Apple blocks Firefox extensions, curse you Apple.
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It’s well within reason to fight it just like it’s within reason that users will find other ways. I don’t think it makes Google evil to try to stop people from blocking their ads, but this is the internet and people will always find another way around it.
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Definitely feels like both sides of the Adblock battle are going to get more sophisticated.
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This sounds reasonable. There is no free lunch.
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Google made $7 billion from YouTube in 2021^1, might I remind you by running ads on other peoples's content. Now of course Google does provide the platform for that content, but the point still remains.
Users and content creators are what make YouTube, not the other way around. Companies like Google need to careful not to let their pursuit of profit upset the good thing they have going for them.
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Uninstall Chrome.
Install Firefox.
Stop letting Google dictate web standards and accept that they plan on removing adblocking from Chrome.
Firefox is the last widely available, cross-platform browser that isn't based on Chromium. The only other is Safari for macOS/iOS which is not generally cross-platform.
Drop any browsers that use Blink as the rendering engine, and yeah, it's most of them.
Google has made it completely clear where they stand on this war, which is that they will remove your access to content if you don't agree to see their ads.
What about email? Firfox have email. How will I be able to switch my android device away from Google?
I like to have alternative but they pretty much control everything on most devices I use.
Just because you can't completely degooglize doesn't mean there is no value in reducing their place in your life.
Degooglize what you can, step by step.