▲ 757 ▼ YouTube’s anti-ad blocking test gets even pushier with a new timer (www.androidpolice.com) submitted 3 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 338 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world [S] 62 points 3 years ago (6 children) Sponsorblock and Return YT Dislikes FTW as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 28 points 3 years ago (2 children) On desktop blocktube has improved things so much too. It has made search results so much better, since YouTube suppresses smaller channels in favor of the same large youtubers depending on the subject. Really wish it could be integrated into mobile YouTube options, but until then my hope is waiting until mobile firefox getting desktop extension support. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kafka_quixote@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 years ago Blocktube looks great Thank you permalink fedilink source parent [–] lupec@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Glad you brought that up, never heard of it. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] rab@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 years ago (2 children) Does anyone know if the dislikes extension is actually accurate or is it a sort of estimation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] c1177johuk@lemmy.world 23 points 3 years ago For new videos it's an estimation with added dislike data of people using the extension, it's rather accurate for most videos. For old videos before the dislike removal it uses old archived data plus new data added on top using the algorithm and data by the extension users permalink fedilink source parent [–] DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 years ago A combination of archived data from before the official YouTube dislike API shut down, and extrapolated extension user behavior. Return YouTube Dislike FAQ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 28 points 3 years ago (2 children) On desktop blocktube has improved things so much too. It has made search results so much better, since YouTube suppresses smaller channels in favor of the same large youtubers depending on the subject. Really wish it could be integrated into mobile YouTube options, but until then my hope is waiting until mobile firefox getting desktop extension support. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kafka_quixote@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 years ago Blocktube looks great Thank you permalink fedilink source parent [–] lupec@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Glad you brought that up, never heard of it. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kafka_quixote@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 years ago Blocktube looks great Thank you permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lupec@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Glad you brought that up, never heard of it. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rab@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 years ago (2 children) Does anyone know if the dislikes extension is actually accurate or is it a sort of estimation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] c1177johuk@lemmy.world 23 points 3 years ago For new videos it's an estimation with added dislike data of people using the extension, it's rather accurate for most videos. For old videos before the dislike removal it uses old archived data plus new data added on top using the algorithm and data by the extension users permalink fedilink source parent [–] DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 years ago A combination of archived data from before the official YouTube dislike API shut down, and extrapolated extension user behavior. Return YouTube Dislike FAQ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] c1177johuk@lemmy.world 23 points 3 years ago For new videos it's an estimation with added dislike data of people using the extension, it's rather accurate for most videos. For old videos before the dislike removal it uses old archived data plus new data added on top using the algorithm and data by the extension users permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 years ago A combination of archived data from before the official YouTube dislike API shut down, and extrapolated extension user behavior. Return YouTube Dislike FAQ permalink fedilink source parent