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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 120 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Long gone are the days when I used be excited to read update notes for new features... Now I just hope they don't god damn force an update on me.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I went back to an old APK of Twitch and refuse to update to the current dumpster fire.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I use PurpleTV and it's been great. It's a Twitch fork modified to block ads, reduce bloat, and include customisation for chat, player and other components.

    Don't know if we can share links here but the APK can be easily found online, still being updated semi-regularly. I won't come back to the official app as long as I'm able. :)

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    They also leak your User ID and IP to a 3rd party.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    ugh.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Twire is a great alternative though.

    https://github.com/twireapp/Twire

    And it only connects to Twitch! :) (Plus betterttv or alternatives in case support for them are activated iirc)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    is there a way to watch stuff without using a Twitch account with it? I've tried just skipping the login process, but search returns no results when I search for streamers or games.

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