Armand1

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Armand1,

This looks like my old student accommodation

Armand1, (edited )

Controversial take but:

  • YouTube are fully within their rights to crack down on adblockers, as they have done in the past. Content delivery is not free, and they are not a charity.
  • YouTube provides two ways to “pay” for your content: with ads, or by paying for premium.
  • Tech companies have an unhealthy habit of making things free or cheap to gain a userbase, then increasing the price. The biggest problem with this imo is that it sets expectations with users that these things should be free
  • I am not going to get into an argument about what price is “fair” or whether Google can “afford it”. All I know is that for now, they continue to run YouTube, but nothing stops them from shutting it all down tomorrow if they decide it’s not profitable enough.

As for myself personally, I watched YouTube with ads for the last 2 or 3 years, and more recently I decided to start paying for YouTube Premium.

YouTube Premium made sense for me because:

  • I was spending more than 3 hours a day on YouTube (in the background or as the thing I’m actively watching.
  • I could afford it now that my financial situation had improved
  • Creators get significantly more money from YouTube Premium watchers (or so I’ve heard)

Before all of that, I used to use YouTube Vanced (RIP) and NewPipe, both great though not entirely legit ways of bypassing ads and downloading videos. I still use the latter to archive the really good content I come across.

If you’re ok to pay for YouTube, but it’s too expensive for the value you get out of it, there are alternative approaches. You can spoof your location and buy YouTube Premium in another country, like Turkey or India, and get it for as low as $2 a month. Google doesn’t crack down on this much at the time of writing.

Armand1,

I hadn’t thought of it from a privacy perspective.

I couldn’t imagine using YouTube not signed in because of the dogs**t recommendations you get then. I imagine if you’re signed in the privacy loss is not significantly less than if you paid for Premium too.

I also use GMail so I’m already f***ed from that. I’ve basically given up on privacy at any other time than when I want to do private things, and I use a VPN and private browser.

Armand1,

Oh wow that really is expensive. Americans do make more money on average than Europeans, but goddamn does your stuff cost a lot of money sometimes.

I think it’s €15 here?

EDIT:

Ah, for the family plan. Just reread. Not sure what that is here.

Armand1, (edited )

And users are fully within their rights to circumvent the blocks

This is factually false (depending on your country).

From a quick Google search (ironic) the following seems to be true:

Blocking is not, in itself, illegal. However, circumventing restrictions on content, like what YouTube has added recently, is.

See this article: blockadblock.com/…/adblockers-dont-break-the-law-…

Armand1,

Note that there are also blind users on Lemmy. (They left Reddit partially because they weren’t well supported there).

It’s a good idea to transcribe your picture / video posts into the text description.

Armand1,

YOU DIED

Armand1,

Cyberpunk music starts playing

Armand1,

Getting water to places that don’t have access to fresh water is not a minor inconvenience.

Armand1,

Question: how do you make captchas work for blind people?

Armand1,

Ah! They do an audio puzzle apparently. For Google captchas at least.

support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/6175971?hl=en

Armand1,

Oh. I happen to be on holiday in the next town over today. Neat.

Armand1,

media.tenor.com/…/spy-tf2-spy-x-family.mp4

Armand1,

Another person I’ve never heard of

Armand1,

I think they mean “inaccuracy to reality” rather than “cheating on their partners”

Armand1,

33%? For the last 5 years I’ve been paying closer to 45-50%.

That’s not counting power bills, which cost several times more than in the US.

Armand1,

As annoying as this is, you are meant to use a comparer.


<span style="color:#323232;">mapped.sort((a, b) => {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  if (a.value > b.value) {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    return 1;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  if (a.value &lt; b.value) {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    return -1;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  return 0;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">});
</span>
Armand1,

Personally I use the free version of Devinci Resolve. Have you used both and how do they compare?

Armand1,

I can’t believe no one has said this yet but…

He’s rock hard.

Armand1,

Source?

Armand1,

The dev of Boost for Reddit says he’s working on a Lemmy version, but it is as of yet unreleased.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenma…

Armand1, (edited )

I stopped using GIMP and started using www.photopea.com. You get most Photoshop features for free (ad-supported) in a familiar interface and without having to install a large slow application.

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