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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by jesperlang on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:26PM (#15742429)
I've taken it a bit further with my ad blocker. Started blocking not just ads but irrelevant things like:

* Top/Related posts (they distract)

* Newsletter signup blocks in the middle of articles (I never ever want to signup for newsletters)

* Sharing tools (I know how to cut-past a URL, thank you)

* Recent comments blocks (I don't care)

* Page footers (bloated with completely irrelevant information)

* ... and so on

You will be surprised how much stuff you can actually just block!

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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by cJ0th on Monday November 20, 2017 @02:52PM (#15742664)
Also, I recommend browsing youtube via something like startpage.com or duckduckgo.com. That way you're not distracted by follow up videos, recommendations and comments.
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Re:Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will by dredmorbius on Monday November 20, 2017 @07:38PM (#15744625)
mps-youtube

https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube

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