Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by jackewiehose on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:34PM
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> Ad blockers see all web browser content and can do basically anything with it.
So does the web browser and almost every other application you install on your desktop.
> It's scary giving extensions this much access
No, it's scary giving random websites so much power like it's currently done with JavaScript. The ad blocker makes it a little bit less scary.
Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by jacobush on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:06PM
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Paying for YT is paying for having your privacy violated.
Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by swsieber on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:36PM
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Nope. You can have YT violate your privacy without paying.
Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by jacobush on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @06:16PM
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You can have YT violate your privacy. And you can pay for it and still have them violate your privacy.
Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by Kiro on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:42PM
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It's worth it to support the content creators. YT Premium is probably the last thing I would cancel.
Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by gsk22 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:59PM
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What portion of the $10 actually ends up in your favorite content creator's hands?
That's why I prefer to support creators via Patreon. Then 80%+ of the money goes directly to the creator, and none to YT.
Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by Kiro on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:00AM
(#23485934)
I support all creators. My favorite ones I also donate to through Patreon.
Re:You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
by Deep-Engineer91 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @05:48PM
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I think thats great. I know someone who uses YT as a genuine source of income. They are not the biggest YT out there but they have enough to make some money and they deserve to be compensated for their work providing all of us with content.
Telling someone non-technical "go install extension ABC" is pretty risky. They might find and install "uBlock Original BETTER AND FASTER" that comes with a bitcoin miner or something worse. Even as someone "tech literate", I sometimes find it quite hard to verify the authenticity of downloads like this.
Also relevant in this case, when there is a reasonable option to pay to remove ads from something I use frequently, I do it. YT is $10/mo, it's worth it to me.