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YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 years ago (14 children)

I remember what the internet was like before we had ad-blockers. I concur with others who have said turning the blocker off would make it even worse. There no fucking way I'm turning off ad-blocking under any conditions. I'd rather just stop using the internet altogether. I can not verbalize how much I hate ads. I stopped watching TV because of ads a long time ago. Never again.

Oh man, I wish I could get a pair of AR-glasses with ad-blocking in real life. No more ads polluting the streets. That would be great.

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 17 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Pretty sure any AR-glasses from the megacorps will add ads to real life soon enough. Any AR-glasses not from megacorp will be bought out to shut them down. Not like there is functional antitrust.

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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Yup, that's bound to happen, which is why I've written off actual AR-glasses long ago. Maybe if there's an OpenSource solution, but seeing how slow Linux phones are coming along, I'm not holding my breath. But I can still dream!

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

OpenSource phones are crippled by the phone duopoly and apps for everything. Apps for some things you really need. My business bank now requires an app for "security" and that app won't run on rooted or alternative ROMs Androids. Least I've not managed to make it do so. I'm going to have to get an insecure, Google owned, muggle phone just to use our business banking at all.

We need the market regulating before OpenSource phones, or any alternatives, can thrive.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The website normally works fine. No app required.

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

This is true of my personal bank. But the business bank we use need a security device, but they have dropped that and there is now an app for Android or iOS. That's that does what is basically one time codes.

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[–] dukk@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If there’s anything I’ve learned, some open source genius hacker will figure it out, publish an early demo with 99% of features, and then disappear off the face of the planet before they ever make it available.

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

That is because the technical challenge of making a prototype that is 90% of the way there is not the same as that last 10% and building a business around it. Those are very different skills. So you start needing a team, a business and money. It absolutely can be done, and there companies like Pine64 that do it. I've got a small one. Running a business is very hard. Running an open source business is harder as you are going against the grain of that world.

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[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

To be fair, when we have GrapheneOS there's no need for Linux phones, as Graphene has the FOSS-ness, privacy, security, etc. So very few actually care more than "yeah linux phone would be cool"

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Hey, how else are they going to make money from that $1500 pair of AR glasses you bought?

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[–] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago*

I cannot stand ads anymore to the point that when I happen to watch TV stream and ad break come up, I put the TV on mute and go browse Lemmy on my phone.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm in the same boat and often wonder what right these billboard companies have to put their messages in my face

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Billboards are illegal in several states. It's one of the ways they've kept Hawaii beautiful.

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[–] somenonewho@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

I remember the first time I saw ads on YouTube, I had just set up a new computer and wanted to test everything. So I opened Firefox and loaded a YouTube video. I got a preroll and wondered "wait ad's, on YouTube?" Then I realized I had been using AdBlock for so long I never witnessed the transition from ad free YouTube to YouTube with ads.

These days I use unlock origin, Sponsorblock and revanced. For now it still works but maybe I'll leave YouTube soon :/

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[–] danque@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Yesterday a site for image translation I was using didn't load the image. so I thought maybe it's the adblock and man that was a horrible experience. How can people Stand all those flashing bullshit.

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