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On the rare times I see ads they are, for all intents and purposes, completely untargeted. I get rear end for anime games, or survivalist gear, or pregnancy items, or whatever other thing that has no bearing to me. Notably I don't seem to ever get ads for things I *am* interested in, which makes the whole process loving pointless.
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hbag posted:people use edge? Only for PDFs, and only because for some reason it turned itself into my default PDF viewer?? Probably when I upgraded to Windows 10. I don't gently caress around with PDFs on my computer enough to change it. But yeah, don't think I've ever used Edge for actually going to a webpage.
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I use it in work because we're not allowed to install anything else. Its fine but I wouldn't want to use it for personal browsing.
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Oct 21, 2023 02:59
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hbag posted:people use edge? Works fine for downloading another browser.
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Oct 21, 2023 03:30
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The Edge kicks rear end, I definitely recommend everyone except me use it.
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Oct 21, 2023 04:30
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HEY WHO HERE DIDNT KNOW NORD VPN LETS YOU WATCH A MOVIE YOU CANT WATCH IN YOUR REGION I MEAN poo poo
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Oct 21, 2023 07:01
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YouTube has a really weird selection of free movies and TV shows. Lately I've been watching The Rifleman. It's like Andy Griffith with more killing.
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Oct 21, 2023 07:47
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Disco Godfather posted:YouTube has a really weird selection of free movies and TV shows. Lately I've been watching The Rifleman. Naw, it has less, they just never show the episodes where Barney met black people.
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Oct 21, 2023 09:32
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Still waiting for the hammer to drop but so far no warning message in Firefox or Safari, and my TV app that blocks ads and skips sponsors is still working as normal. As for targeted ad chat, Instagram thinks I'm a goth and is always sending me ads for goth clothes/jewellery, and suggesting videos from a never ending stream of goth girls and miserable looking bands. Yet I really haven't ever searched for any of that stuff, don't follow any of them, haven't liked or bought anything so I don't get why it keeps suggesting it. My pics are just basic street photography, street art, or gig pics. Kinda baffling.
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Oct 21, 2023 17:07
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If you aren't getting the adblock warning it's because ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE at google has calculated that they'll make more money from not banning you 
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Oct 21, 2023 17:26
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followed that psy-op army girl on instagram and now it thinks I'm a zoomer.
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Oct 21, 2023 17:41
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temple posted:followed that psy-op army girl on instagram and now it thinks I'm a zoomer. *Likes and subscribes youngly* How do you do, fellow kids?
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Oct 21, 2023 18:21
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Vegetable posted:It’ll honestly be much easier to jump through the hoops to subscribe to YouTube Premium at the Argentine price of US$2 than to do this incognito or alternate browser poo poo. $2 is nothing. Its not an alternative web browser it’s a web browser but sure, switch your vpn to argentina, punch in a credit card and stay logged into google all day instead of just using firefox with a plugin that redirects to invidious.
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Oct 21, 2023 18:26
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Strategic Tea posted:If you aren't getting the adblock warning it's because ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE at google has calculated that they'll make more money from not banning you If you got the warning it means their psychological model shows you are a spineless worm and will give in and turn off the blocker Still haven't received anything as of today morning on Vivialdi mobile 
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Oct 21, 2023 18:31
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Strategic Tea posted:If you aren't getting the adblock warning it's because ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE at google has calculated that they'll make more money from not banning you I'm a stingy bugger these days so god knows what they think i'm spending non existent money on. Still got no warnings from them. Hold on... am i in the "Control Group"? 
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Oct 21, 2023 18:45
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Internet Old One posted:Its not an alternative web browser it’s a web browser but sure, switch your vpn to argentina, punch in a credit card and stay logged into google all day instead of just using firefox with a plugin that redirects to invidious.
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Oct 21, 2023 18:56
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Vegetable posted:You only have to log in to your VPN once, YouTube doesn’t care to clamp down on it, you can share it with like five other people and you’ll get no ads not only on desktop but also mobile and TV. It’s less the cost of a coffee. It’s one of the most no-brainer things ever if you watch YouTube with any regularity. Or you could not take a recurring $2 expense and just use a different website and browser to watch youtube videos and not browse the web with a logged in google session. Also you can share this with unlimited people for free. I have never seen youtube’s adblock nagger in my life.
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Oct 21, 2023 19:09
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Bertha the Toaster posted:I use it in work because we're not allowed to install anything else. Its fine but I wouldn't want to use it for personal browsing. even the computers at my university at least have chrome installed
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Oct 21, 2023 19:11
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Internet Old One posted:Or you could not take a recurring $2 expense and just use a different website and browser to watch youtube videos and not browse the web with a logged in google session. Also you can share this with unlimited people for free.
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Oct 21, 2023 19:14
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those people are wrong and stupid
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Oct 21, 2023 19:32
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Honestly if you own a TV these days I assume you're some kind of couch potato
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Oct 21, 2023 20:37
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we have a 50 inch tv, my stepdad uses it to play destiny 2
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hbag posted:we have a 50 inch tv, my stepdad uses it to play destiny 2 you live with your stepdad?
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Oct 21, 2023 20:48
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im 21
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Khanstant posted:Honestly if you own a TV these days I assume you're some kind of couch potato Or a melee player.
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GABA ghoul posted:If you got the warning it means their psychological model shows you are a spineless worm and will give in and turn off the blocker How do you have your Vivaldi mobile configured? I'm really annoyed at how android Firefox handles tabs but Vivaldis adblock isn't as good as ublock.
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Oct 21, 2023 22:00
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Extra Large Marge posted:Shaq OK though ACAB, even Shaq.
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Oct 22, 2023 00:48
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Wtf there's 21 year old goons
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thetan_guy42 posted:Wtf there's 21 year old goons I was a 21 year old goon... like 21 years ago
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Xun posted:How do you have your Vivaldi mobile configured? I'm really annoyed at how android Firefox handles tabs but Vivaldis adblock isn't as good as ublock. Nothing special, I just use it straight out of the box. I'm never logged into YT though and usually open links in a new private tab.
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I was trying out this Windows app and it seems to be working as well: https://github.com/omega-gg/MotionBox Just turns YouTube (and like 10 other sites) into an ad-less desktop player. Kinda like NewPipe but Windows instead of Android.
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Oct 23, 2023 08:10
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Zero VGS posted:I was trying out this Windows app and it seems to be working as well: https://github.com/omega-gg/MotionBox I can't get past that look that every qt app has
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emSparkly posted:I can't get past that look that every qt app has What, the UI on MotionBox? Yeah it is kinda hideous, and it seems to not have a Dark Mode which is the greater sin. If you have an alternative I'm all ears.
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Last week I was having this message a lot. At one point Youtube even threatened to count to 3 and if I didn't turn off my ad blocker they'd block me from watching anything at all (Literally told me they'd let me watch three more videos lol) But this week I've had Youtube videos running all day whilst I've been at work at not seen any ads or pop ups. So I guess we're back to business as usual?
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Oct 23, 2023 14:15
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Ditto. Maybe it was just a campaign to encourage Premium sign-ups/turn of ad-blocker and they've ended it for now?
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Oct 23, 2023 14:48
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I saw it yesterday.
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Watching Youtube with ads these past few days was really surreal, there's so much qanon-type level bullshit getting peddled, it was eye-opening. How is this even legal? I feel like back in the 1800s listening to some quack selling me snake oil from the back of his carriage.
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busalover posted:Watching Youtube with ads these past few days was really surreal, there's so much qanon-type level bullshit getting peddled, it was eye-opening. How is this even legal? I feel like back in the 1800s listening to some quack selling me snake oil from the back of his carriage. Depending on who you ask, Capitalism/AIs By Elon Musk/All Social Media Is Deliberately Plagued By Right Wing Propaganda To Embolden The Fascists That Will Kill You
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Oct 23, 2023 15:16
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SmartTube on my Chromecast GoogleTV keeps working, so I'll stick with that.
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I saw the non-timer pop up twice in the last two weeks on Brave desktop, but none since. I’ve had zero issues using Brave iOS.
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