As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors Ad Blocking Conference

Re:As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors A... by thaumasiotes on Saturday November 04, 2023 @03:10AM (#38138814)

> Instead I bought YouTube premium from India via VPN

Tangentially, I would sometimes buy Switch games from Nintendo's online Hong Kong store.

This cost slightly less (like, USD$57 instead of $60) than buying them from the US store. But, if you connect your Switch through a VPN to Hong Kong, your Hong-Kong-purchased game will unlock according to the local time in Hong Kong, getting you almost a full extra day compared to the US release date. (I actually used a VPN to Singapore; that's what's available on Digital Ocean. Still works.)

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Re:As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors A... by gryn on Saturday November 04, 2023 @05:34AM (#38139418)

Talking about tangential matters your comment make me look up region locks because I remember buying japanese PS2 games only to find at home that they don't work in Europe. Turn out the PS2 was the last region locked console, wasn't aware they removed this restriction from latter consoles.

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Re:As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors A... by qingcharles on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:31PM (#38143227)

I did not know this either. I had three PS2s, three Gamecubes and three Xboxes for this reason. I used to spend hundreds of dollars to get them shipped from Japan overnight on launch day. Those were the days!

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