▲ 1276 ▼ Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by TangledHyphae@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 312 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Frellwit@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (1 child) By doing that you're wasting bandwidth on all the CDNs that hosts ALL your filter lists. Updating the Quick fixes list should be enough. (Which updates every 5 hours automatically on uBO 1.54). How to manually update Quick Fixes (Manual updates push back automatic updates.) Click 🛡️ uBO's icon the ⚙ Dashboard button the Filter lists pane the 🕘 clock icon next to the uBlock filters – Quick fixes list the 🔃 Update now button. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) mate, that won't even scratch a single server's bandwidth, much less that of a CDN. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Star@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) @Frellwit@lemmy.world is right, the following FAQ is from the uBO's YouTube Mega Thread on reddit. How often should I manually update filter lists? Can I somehow automate this? YouTube filters are in a list named uBlock filters - Quick fixes. The list updates every 12 hours. It's the only list you might need to update - only if this page says it's fixed, but you're getting the message. If you're not getting detected. Don't update. Current estimated cost for just ONE of uBO's CDNs: HERE. This is with other lists updating every few days. uBO's not a company, it's a volunteer project using free services, which have limits that we cannot cross. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago completely different scenario from a manual purge though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frellwit@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (1 child) By doing that you're wasting bandwidth on all the CDNs that hosts ALL your filter lists. Updating the Quick fixes list should be enough. (Which updates every 5 hours automatically on uBO 1.54). How to manually update Quick Fixes (Manual updates push back automatic updates.) Click 🛡️ uBO's icon the ⚙ Dashboard button the Filter lists pane the 🕘 clock icon next to the uBlock filters – Quick fixes list the 🔃 Update now button. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) mate, that won't even scratch a single server's bandwidth, much less that of a CDN. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Star@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) @Frellwit@lemmy.world is right, the following FAQ is from the uBO's YouTube Mega Thread on reddit. How often should I manually update filter lists? Can I somehow automate this? YouTube filters are in a list named uBlock filters - Quick fixes. The list updates every 12 hours. It's the only list you might need to update - only if this page says it's fixed, but you're getting the message. If you're not getting detected. Don't update. Current estimated cost for just ONE of uBO's CDNs: HERE. This is with other lists updating every few days. uBO's not a company, it's a volunteer project using free services, which have limits that we cannot cross. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago completely different scenario from a manual purge though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) mate, that won't even scratch a single server's bandwidth, much less that of a CDN. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Star@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) @Frellwit@lemmy.world is right, the following FAQ is from the uBO's YouTube Mega Thread on reddit. How often should I manually update filter lists? Can I somehow automate this? YouTube filters are in a list named uBlock filters - Quick fixes. The list updates every 12 hours. It's the only list you might need to update - only if this page says it's fixed, but you're getting the message. If you're not getting detected. Don't update. Current estimated cost for just ONE of uBO's CDNs: HERE. This is with other lists updating every few days. uBO's not a company, it's a volunteer project using free services, which have limits that we cannot cross. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago completely different scenario from a manual purge though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Star@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) @Frellwit@lemmy.world is right, the following FAQ is from the uBO's YouTube Mega Thread on reddit. How often should I manually update filter lists? Can I somehow automate this? YouTube filters are in a list named uBlock filters - Quick fixes. The list updates every 12 hours. It's the only list you might need to update - only if this page says it's fixed, but you're getting the message. If you're not getting detected. Don't update. Current estimated cost for just ONE of uBO's CDNs: HERE. This is with other lists updating every few days. uBO's not a company, it's a volunteer project using free services, which have limits that we cannot cross. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago completely different scenario from a manual purge though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago completely different scenario from a manual purge though permalink fedilink source parent
