Privacy advocate challenges YouTube’s ad blocking detection::Irish eyes may not be smiling

  • Schwim Dandy@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    YT’s push into ad-blocker blocking did the same for me that Reddit’s API change did, that being it was enough of a push for me to stop using their platform. In Reddit’s case, I get my fix from Lemmy and in YT’s case, I use Freetube to watch videos. In both cases, I’m sure they’re not losing money in my absence but I do feel better not giving them the data that I used to.

      • long_chicken_boat@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        Louis Rossmann can go to fuck himself and his source available app that he keeps calling open source.

        Newpipe existed long before Grayjay and will probably be there when grayjay dies since Newpipe’s license allows community forks. If the Newpipe team ceases development, others will take their place. If Rossmann ceases development, his app is left for dead

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          11 months ago

          Users telling developers to fuck themselves is a irony lost in these threads. How many open source projects do you maintain?

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        11 months ago

        I’ve got Grayjay on my phone but I very rarely watch YT on it so I’ve not really used it yet. Almost 100% of my watching happens on the PC and I’ve absolutely fallen in love with Freetube. No shorts spam, sponsorblock, more useful features on the player, it’s pretty fantastic.