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Re:Show HN: Raspberry Pi 400 with a $2 IPS 240x240 micro dis... by colordrops on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:13AM (#25568084)
> Both, together have managed to give google enough confidence to double their ads and disable the "skip ad" buttons on youtube.

I'm finding that I'm not using youtube that much anymore. It wasn't really a conscious decision - the annoyance pushed away my reptilian brain.

Re:Show HN: Raspberry Pi 400 with a $2 IPS 240x240 micro dis... by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:52AM (#25568301)
I barely use it on my phone anymore and on my desktop I installed an adblocker again (before I only used uMatrix).

But we’re a minority, obviously Google’s choice is paying off.

Re:Show HN: Raspberry Pi 400 with a $2 IPS 240x240 micro dis... by akiselev on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @05:48AM (#25568600)
> But we’re a minority, obviously Google’s choice is paying off.

Or a growing towards a majority and Google is in a deathspiral trying to meet quarterly growth targets by extracting more attention from an audience that is catching on faster than it is growing in size.

One can hope.

Re:Show HN: Raspberry Pi 400 with a $2 IPS 240x240 micro dis... by jimktrains2 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:06PM (#25571927)
I have ublock for Firefox on android and it works as expected.