emizeko [they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agofuck off YouTube, I will never watch adsmessage-squaremessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1192arrow-down1message-squarefuck off YouTube, I will never watch adsemizeko [they/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square50linkfedilinkfile-text
I will read arcane texts by candlelight before I watch ads. fuck off. Susan Wojcicki go to fucking hell
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 years agojust checked, my ublock says it’s blocked 16 million ads on youtube since i installed it
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 years agolove my ublock origin, but occasionally youtube gets ahead in the arms race
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 years ago occasionally youtube gets ahead in the arms race never had this happen to me once. is it because I use firefox instead of kkkhrome?
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoim a firefox ublock partisan, the bastards are knocking upon the walls and occasionally getting through. defenses rally quite promptly so the whole affair could be missed
minus-squareZapataCadabra [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoI use chrome on a Chromebook and my ublocker has never failed me. I watch 1-2 YouTube videos a day usually.
minus-squareredtea@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years agoIt sounds like a lot until you remember that each video includes half a million ads.
minus-squarethe_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 years agoWhere do i find that data? Sounds fun
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 years agoclicked the little ublock icon in my addon toolbar i might have misread it though, 16 million is probably be the number it’s blocked on all sites combined since it says that no matter what site i’m on
just checked, my ublock says it’s blocked 16 million ads on youtube since i installed it
love my ublock origin, but occasionally youtube gets ahead in the arms race
never had this happen to me once. is it because I use firefox instead of kkkhrome?
im a firefox ublock partisan, the bastards are knocking upon the walls and occasionally getting through. defenses rally quite promptly so the whole affair could be missed
I use chrome on a Chromebook and my ublocker has never failed me. I watch 1-2 YouTube videos a day usually.
It sounds like a lot until you remember that each video includes half a million ads.
Where do i find that data? Sounds fun
clicked the little ublock icon in my addon toolbar
i might have misread it though, 16 million is probably be the number it’s blocked on all sites combined since it says that no matter what site i’m on