See the problem with despite googles intention of protecting their own ads is that now users in theory can’t block all of Googles competing ad networks due to the limited filter rules.
Of course i’m not saying internet users have to use it. Or that it has to completely replace Youtube or other streaming services in its complete entirety....
On peertube depending on the license the uploader chose you are able to just freely download the video to your device directly from the instance no addons/extentions required on desktop. This option won’t always be available, but is on most uploads. Just be sure that it is actually their content or covered by fair use or you might still face copyright issues.
It might seem too late, but this will be helpful for people stuck in ridiculous contracts to cancel and go internet exclusive. If you’re younger, in your 20s or even 30s, you would probably likely be rid of cable by now.
if you’re much older then that those are the people I think would really benefit from this, the older generations.
with the recent news about the things that were said about Google slowing down Firefox on purpose, are they doing this because they severily dislike Firefox/open source? :c If so, that wouldn’t make a lot of sense!!! Because Google loves open source too. I read they were doing this to stop adblockers, and well if you use...
Youtube isn’t an open source website, right? While Chromium is an open source browser. Google doesn’t really make money directly off browsers anyway more so over their services, they can afford to do open source projects like Android and Chrome os.
That would apply if its scheduled like on tv but that wouldnt work if for standard video uploads would it?
I was thinking since most on peertube don’t tend to seek revenue from ads, so should it be acceptable? Peertube itself is opensource.
In summary i’m really asking for whether if it should be acceptable or not. Maybe it varies from uploader to uploader, but even then channels dont tend to state their own stance on this.
One thing to add that I just found and looked into is that Peertube does seem to have a way to sort by license, atleast on sepia search, which is like a global search for most Peertube instance, though probally not every video gets featured on all instances ever made. So that seems to suggest even more that is is case by case basis whether it is legal to just go and download the videos freely.
My other concern is that not every video upload has a license submitted, those videos uploaded to a Peertube instance, that say that the license is ‘unknown’ it’s due to the uploader not deciding and that just complicates things further for whether it’s okay or not okay to download the video.
If we are going for this fediverse and opensource thing especially with video, legal use like this need to be looked into, simplified and more talked about so people can rest assured they are in the right legally. Even if the uploader might not be as likely do anything, it’s still an unknown license and that could leave people vulnerable especally in more creative cases especially when they reupload with little fair use to there aid.
The original uploader in particular would be the person sueing, i’m not really worried about the instance itself, since Peertube over all is opensource. They would probably sue the person downloading the work, although unlikely it could happen atleast legally.
Makes sense. But when you add in the license that Peertube has available for creators to use for their videos, then the rules become more global I would assume. Might be wrong there.
in cache its harder for the average nontech person to access a cached video outside the website. Additionay in cache it’s considered a temporary store to help aid the service than a permament one.
When you download a video on Youtube it is probally against their terms of use while doing the same on Peertube seem widely permited by the playform based on the license the user uses. There are fewer Peertube videos that dont allow downloads then do.
With that said, a concerning amount of them have unknown selected as their license. So its hard to tell most of the time when its ok with the creator to download and if their ok/cool with it.
This delay isn’t exclusive to Firefox, it’s in any browser where a user has enabled adblockers including in Chrome. Disable the adblocker and this delay magically go away. This was done on purpose.
Just to put this out there for those who probally didn’t read the article. YouTube does this 5 second delay thing, on purpose only if it detects a user using an adblocker if you don’t use the adblocker then Youtube will work as it normally would on that browser.
Whether it’s still a clunky experienceor the browser crashes really Is dependant on that browser and if it’s a good alternative browser.
In other words, ‘fix he delay by disabling the adblocker’, coming from Youtube themselves.
Dolar tree, they will always have my back in this economy. 100 tea bags of green tea for 1.25 i’m set for a few months atleast on tea without paying anything. the upfront price for that item alone was $1.25
what if I, for example, had a job in Google and I liked Linux so much I install Ubuntu on my Chromebook, would that be illegal/send me to prison?? Or, if I had the job, would I be kicked?? I like Chromebooks because they are so smol and nice. But I don’t know if it’s legal to install a Linux distro on it. Thank you!!
I don’t think it would be illegal unless it’s a Chromebook they lended to you directly to work at the company. If you went to a store and bought it your self it’s perfectly legal to throw ubuntu on that Chromebook.
Here’s where things start to get harder though…
Whether they will fire you… eh idk if I would take that risk. But if anything just ask the people working there for their opinion on it.
I’ve noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now...
When I go on one instance there doesn’t seem to be a change of interface or even a special about from the maintainer. Is there anything behind the scenes that changes?
Proton.me and mail.com seems to work on many websites including switch online, xbox/streaming services. Also I rarely see this happening can you name some examples that do this email provider blocking?
If you have a deep history with gmail then that could make it harder to to replace. It’s very true especially if from important positions you participated in, along with multiple accounts on it which I like to call leaving eggs all in one basket since they are all reliant on that account.
For people who arent quiet as invested in that, and just use it casually which is a pretty big percent could easily replace gmail with nothing to lose and those are the type of users I was thinking about when writing up this post. But I can agree with what you are saying here and that you have a good point.
I mean- I dont have a domain, been using proton mail and mail.com for the pass 6 years atleast with no noticable issues on multiple popular sites. Maybe you can explain that further maybe i’m not quiet understanding.
I know that ad free apps exist for Youtube however they probally won’t last long term. Ad blockers right now are the main target of google to rid of. Peertube being its own thing from Youtube and also federated will last longer then most sites trying to compete with Youtube as there are multiple hosts for different smaller sections of the service.
Eh- I mean maybee that could be a reason, but Google has too much power and influence and takes advantage idk if that would be enough for me personally to stay but at the same time I can aknowledge that it could be a good reason to not leave.
I do remember one app specifically called Aminoapps that did blocked tatanota emails but not proton mail. So maybe it’s just hit or miss on whether alternative email providers get banned.
I just get why you would need such an advance interface for a simple emailing service where you just send and respond to emails. If the emails send, shouldn’t the be enough? It’s not like you need a crazy search API like Google’s to even come close to comparison with them. The email experience really isn’t impacted that badly. unless i’m missing something here.
Kinda but not quite, better hope them search resualts are comparable to Google’s, while if I just change sign up on a new email account, and just change my email on all my accounts then boom. Oh the interface might lack some (tbh) unneeded features. If emails send and you can respond then what are you missing exactly? Nothing too major.
A Quinnipiac University poll asked U.S. registered voters to select one of four options to blame for the divisions in the country. Overall, 35 percent blamed social media, 32 percent blamed political leaders, 28 percent blamed cable news channels and only 1 percent blamed other countries.
The people using it also make up social media. without the people social media is worthless, and powerless. and the more powerless in particular that it is the less divisions it would be able to cause, if that real is the legit cause of dividing people. It might or might not be the main cause but sure we could agree that it enables the spread of divising tactics.
To an extent, yes. I believe tho that social media enables the potential spread of dividing people. Do I personally think social media is the number one reason, no.
We don’t really care about background notifications on a PC. on a cellphone when we are out, yes because that’s just how it is and it makes work easier. We just expect as humans that when we put the PC to sleep that it acts as if it’s off but just with a quick resume when we wake it up.
pff, just power the PC off completely, that’l put it to sleep. Don’t trust that windows actually powers it off? Unplug the thing! While you are at it power off that phone of yours completely, that’l put the annoying notifications sounds and buzzing to rest.
People all this stress can be avoided if more channels upload videos on peertube. U block origin wouldnt even be needed as generally no ads are on peertube.
I will with you halfway through with this, here is how I view it.
If you have little experience with telling between safe sources and sketchy, then yes, stick with the defualt.
If ypuu know about some safe appstores or repositories then that’s when you could say you are qualified to make thes decisions. Like I know Fdroid is safer and better than the defialt on everyway for the users best interest, but if you dont know your sources then you should not sidelode untill you do know how to make good decisions.
Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (www.spacebar.news)
Why Peertube is important and internet users *should* use it whether how much or little the use of it is over Youtube
Of course i’m not saying internet users have to use it. Or that it has to completely replace Youtube or other streaming services in its complete entirety....
FCC possibly to ban cable-satelite-tv early termination fees (thehill.com)
Sometimes these fees could cost as much as an entire billing session even if you hadn’t used it for that long of a period of time, (in the u.s)
does Google severly dislike Firefox??
with the recent news about the things that were said about Google slowing down Firefox on purpose, are they doing this because they severily dislike Firefox/open source? :c If so, that wouldn’t make a lot of sense!!! Because Google loves open source too. I read they were doing this to stop adblockers, and well if you use...
Should it be/is it legally acceptable for Peertube users to download videos simply for offline use for free particularly free Peertube servers? edit: added context
I feel most peertube users would not care. But is it legal, or a chance that some one might sue?...
YouTube is blaming that Firefox delay people been talking about on adblockers. (www.androidauthority.com)
This delay isn’t exclusive to Firefox, it’s in any browser where a user has enabled adblockers including in Chrome. Disable the adblocker and this delay magically go away. This was done on purpose.
What are your favorite non-tech communities?
would it be illegal to download Ubuntu on a Chromebook?
what if I, for example, had a job in Google and I liked Linux so much I install Ubuntu on my Chromebook, would that be illegal/send me to prison?? Or, if I had the job, would I be kicked?? I like Chromebooks because they are so smol and nice. But I don’t know if it’s legal to install a Linux distro on it. Thank you!!
Has anyone else noticed smartphones have got significantly more addictive recently
I’ve noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now...
On the search engine searxng, what are the potential difference of going on one instance vs the next instance
When I go on one instance there doesn’t seem to be a change of interface or even a special about from the maintainer. Is there anything behind the scenes that changes?
Is gmail the easiest Google service to replace or what?
Gmail is an email service. Like the fediverse, email is federated....
young voters say social media to blame for divisions in the u.s (thehill.com)
A Quinnipiac University poll asked U.S. registered voters to select one of four options to blame for the divisions in the country. Overall, 35 percent blamed social media, 32 percent blamed political leaders, 28 percent blamed cable news channels and only 1 percent blamed other countries.
Windows PCs can't sleep properly, and Microsoft wants it that way (www.spacebar.news)
Google's Manifest V3 changes will soon disable uBlock Origin on Chrome (www.androidauthority.com)
Google CEO Pichai advises Android users not to sideload apps (www.phonearena.com)