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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think ublock already got around this no? I have had 0 issues

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

They haven't rolled it out to more than a small percentage of users.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Greed is what got me to the point of not wanting to watch any AD ever.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Having to watch ads isn't free. It costs me my time and it's limited.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I think it's less enforceable than they think - every system someone sets up will eventually be circumvented.

It'll be a pain for a few months, or we'll see a federated alt pick up creators.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Internet doing a race to the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I will still use invidious while having muy subscriptions saved as RSS feeds so this change will go over my head

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Don’t worry too much guys this will be circumvented. It’s just a cat and mouse game, but the cat is blind.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Youtube should be archived, burnt to the ground, and replaced

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Yt-dlp, NewPipe, Invidious...

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Still waiting for ISPs to change their model ever since “net neutrality” was abolished. With all of this shit with YouTube, Twitter, and Reddit coming down the pipe it really does feel there has been a global change in how corporations are squeezing their customers. I am guessing ISPs are waiting for the bulk of services to change their model before they sweep in with their greed. It’s coming.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Greed didn't lead someone, this is a shareholder entity. Each shareholder doesn't even have to think about greed. The entity does it all for them. That's why companies can do horrible things and everyone can sleep at night. It's always the entity that did it not them. Shareholders are the root of all evil in this world today.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This seems somewhat intentionally coordinated, so that the squeeze everyone into submission.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is coordinated but also driven by purely financial factors that changed over the last year. Interests are rising and suddenly those tech companies can't just live by growth alone, they have to find ways to be profitable.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (11 children)

We need to reclaim the internet

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (14 children)

I'm not so sure that this is anything to worry about. It's just another step in the game of cat and mouse. Is it annoying? Of course! But if/when it goes mainstream, ad blockers are just going to push updates that make it possible to block the ad block blocker. uBlock Origin does a really good job at blocking ad block blockers on most sites.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

FreeTube is good for some users, but it's not good for some other users because it uses Electron. Alternatively, you can use Invidious instead or piped. You can use NewPipe if you use Android.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Greed? I mean they are not a charity and ads pay for the service. Don't get me wrong I use ad block but to call it greed..

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

FreeTube, Invidious, and Piped all seem to be fine. :)

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