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I’m doing a “no YouTube challenge“ for about two weeks. (sopuli.xyz)
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Being allergic to ads, I can’t watch YT on the default app. Google isn’t one of my favorite companies, so getting premium isn’t on my wishlist either.

When at home, I use a computer with Firefox and uBlock origin, but now I’m traveling light , so I left my laptop at home. Previously, it was possible to use my iPad to block YT ads, but that stopped working about two months ago. There are ways to watch those videos anyway, but I thought it would be fun to see if I can avoid YT instead.

Currently, I’m traveling with a tablet and several video apps, such as Nebula, Odysee and even Loops. My local TV channels have made some video apps, and nextDNS can block those ads without any issues, so now is the time to explore those as well.

Got any thoughts, questions, comments, or random stuff?

Edit: Turns out, my nextDNS was blocking .*.jnn-pa.googleapis.com, and that causes videos to stop after precisely 60 s. If you allow the jnn-pa.googleapis.com, the videos can once again play normally. That didn’t used to be a problem. Maybe nextDNS didn’t block it before, maybe YT didn’t route any critical traffic through there or something. Who knows. Either way, if your videos stop after 1 minute, make sure jnn-pa.googleapis.com is not blocked in your DNS settings.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Have a nice journey! Me using Lemmy started as "1 month popular sites alternatives challenge" which I arranged for myself after growing increasingly more annoyed by moderation at sites like Reddit and 4chan. Some other systems I started using more as a result of that are Mastodon and Bluesky.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks! I am aware that it might end up being more than just a brief experiment. What if I get used to not having any of the annoyances that are common on YT. What if going back will truly open my eyes and I’ll see how bad it really is. If that happens, I may end up cutting back a lot more than I ever anticipated.

Quitting Reddit and switching to Lemmy wasn’t really a problem at all. There was only one really interesting subreddit, but it turned into a complete dumpster fire just before the APIcalypse, so even that one wasn’t holding me back. Most subreddits worth following have already been sufficiently replicated on Lemmy, so I don’t really miss Reddit at all. Besides, I also like the vibe of a smaller place.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I like your ethos here, especially the idea of this being an experiment. I think that can lead to a greater sense of mindfulness about media consumption habits, which is increasingly valuable in the current landscape

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