Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers
by stavros on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @04:54AM
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Or it could be that your Chrome installation is borked somehow. Did you try removing all plug-ins, doing a fresh Chrome install and adding them again, trying another computer on the same network, etc? It sounds like you went from "Chrome won't open YouTube" to "therefore Google is censoring all users".
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Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers
by Buttons840 on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @04:59AM
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Weird stuff happens on the YouTube webpage. My mom called me for help the other day because she couldn't connect to YouTube. She said the YouTube screen partially loaded, but it said she was offline. What? That doesn't make sense. How does a website load and tell you you're offline; if I was offline how are you telling me that I'm offline?
But sure enough, the YouTube app (a single-page application or whatever it is) was loading partially and showing an error telling the user that they were offline. This was with Firefox.
Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers
by LiamPowell on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @05:03AM
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That makes perfect sense: The static content can be cached while the dynamic content is unavailable, therefore the static content will present an error message.
Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers
by stavros on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @05:02AM
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That can happen when you're offline. They've cached enough of it locally to show you the message.
Re:Chrome is dead for those who uses ad-blockers
by pk-protect-ai on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @05:47AM
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Oh, sure. I'll just start reinstalling stuff on my PC when changes are happening on the server side. Very logical. Thank you for your help. You are the best kind of support person I've ever called for help. But did I?