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173 votes
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How you use YouTube in desktop and mobile devices. YouTube to limit usage of ad blockers soon.
YouTube limits ad blocker usage in new test YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (Update) So its clear now that YouTube is going to limit the usage of Ad blockers in the...
YouTube limits ad blocker usage in new test
YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (Update)
So its clear now that YouTube is going to limit the usage of Ad blockers in the coming future
I use Ublock Orgin with Firefox which basically used to block all ads and on mobile device I use NewPipe110 votes -
YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers
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YouTube’s anti-adblock and uBlock Origin
96 votes -
Discord to start showing ads for gamers to boost revenue
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Reddit is adding native video ads starting next week
97 votes -
Reddit — one of the world's most popular websites — is trying to cash in through advertising
110 votes -
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
138 votes -
YouTube Vanced: A privacy-friendly YouTube app for Android with ads and telemetry stripped out
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Is fandom.com actually getting worse?
I have been a frequent visitor of the various websites that are now under the Fandom.com umbrella, going back to when it was called Wikia. And if there's one thing that's been a consistent...
I have been a frequent visitor of the various websites that are now under the Fandom.com umbrella, going back to when it was called Wikia. And if there's one thing that's been a consistent irritation with the platform, it's just how intrusive and annoying the advertising is. (For a sense of how long this has been a problem, see here.)
But worse than the intrusiveness of the sites' ads, their biggest problem is their performance. They can bring Firefox to a crawl.
For a while, it seemed like Fandom had been making some improvements. I could visit, say, Memory Alpha without the CPU on my computer spiking like crazy. But I just tried to look something up on the Forgotten Realms Wiki and, good god, it was terrible.
(And before anyone says anything, no, I have no intention of using an ad blocker to deal with it.)
Am I imagining it or is the platform actually getting worse again?
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Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th
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Why are we often hesitant to spend money on digital services?
This is sort of a "does anyone else?" type question, but I think it can create some interesting discussion. We have become accustomed to having many things for free online. Search, social media,...
This is sort of a "does anyone else?" type question, but I think it can create some interesting discussion.
We have become accustomed to having many things for free online. Search, social media, news, videos, games etc. The price of course is ads and our personal data. But spending money on these kinds of services that exists for free sometimes feels like a hurdle to overcome. I recently gave the paid search engine Kagi a try, and I spent way too much time pondering whether it was worth the $5. Yet I can spend ten times as much on random physical purchases or a round drinks with only a few seconds of decision making.
Even though we have lived with digital products for decades now, having something tangible and physical between your fingers still feels better. With some exceptions, because most people are paying for streaming services but renting movies in the video store have always cost money, so we are used to that - unlike stuff like search and email which many of us have gotten used to being available for free.
Can this ever change outside very tech-minded people? Because services that rely on subscriptions rather than dataharvesting and ads do exist, but with the exceptions of maybe the big streaming services, few get wider appeal and the masses flock to the so-called free services instead. I find it almost depressing that we have all these brilliant and innovative tech companies around the world doing amazing things, but a good deal of it all ends up with the goal of showing more ads. It is hard to compete with free, but is it possible to challenge the current most successful business model of "paying" with ads and data?
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Are phones really listening to us at all times?
Had an interesting conversation with my colleagues this morning. We were pretty split whether phones listen to us for advertising or not. On one hand, we anecdotally see Google news and ad...
Had an interesting conversation with my colleagues this morning. We were pretty split whether phones listen to us for advertising or not.
On one hand, we anecdotally see Google news and ad suggestions based on what we say. We know our mics are on at all times for voice assistant and music detection. But we also read online talking about how there is no evidence about the phones recording us. It's hard to trust anything nowadays.
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Chromium team to make changes to Manifest V3 in response to ad-blocking extension developers’ outrage
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Instagram's Nudify [non-consensual fake nude photo generator] ads
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Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers
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Has anyone here received any benefit as a consumer from algorithmic ad targeting?
I always get ads for items I have already purchased and won't need again for years if ever.
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Welcome to the ad-free internet
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X runs unblockable ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film
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Why I don't like ads
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Advertisers want to place ads next to content that is 'Brand Safe'. The end of Jezebel is a case study of how that impacts hard hitting news sites
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YouTube is axing its ad-free Premium Lite subscription plan
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Spotify is pulling select advertising privileges for white noise podcasts in a bid to boost the audio streaming company's annual profits
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Ads for AI sex workers are flooding Instagram and TikTok
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A vast majority of people in the US and Canada suspect their smart speakers can eavesdrop on their conversations, and just over two-thirds think they’ve gotten ads based on that snooping
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Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed
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Vizio’s profit on ads, subscriptions, and data is double the money it makes selling TVs
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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform
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Why don't we just ban targeted advertising?
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YouTube anti-adblock detection is illegal in the EU
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Are unwanted Reddit push notifications a new thing?
I haven’t touched reddit since the APIcalyspe. I’m planning to delete my account but haven’t gotten around to it yet. I was a heavy Apollo user on iOS but never subscribed to it for its push...
I haven’t touched reddit since the APIcalyspe. I’m planning to delete my account but haven’t gotten around to it yet. I was a heavy Apollo user on iOS but never subscribed to it for its push notification service, instead I kept the official reddit app installed and the only thing I used it for were its notifications. I still have both apps installed.
Anyway, I was surprised to see one pop up yesterday, especially since it wasn’t connected to my user activity (a new private message or reply to an old comment of mine or something). The notification was just an ad. More specifically, it was promoting some trending post on the site that had “>12,000 upvotes.” In many many years of having the app installed I’ve never seen that before. Is it new?
Reddit’s had a mildly antagonist relationship with its users for ages, but it feels like they are REALLY intensifying things now. I’m glad I got off the train when I did. And sorry for making yet another post about reddit, I think we’re all getting tired of harping on it here.
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Ripples through Reddit as advertisers weather moderators strike
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This free TV comes with two screens - Would you give up your data in exchange for a free TV?
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Reddit CEO defends their intention to run Trump ads ahead of election, outlines their plans to move comments on ads into subreddits
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Google and Mastercard cut a secret ad deal to track retail sales
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Windows Phone gets revenge on YouTube from the grave by helping users bypass its ad-blocker-blocker
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YouTube can now place ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them
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On YouTube, a network of paedophiles is hiding in plain sight
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Brands can now purchase an ad in the #2 slot of Reddit's "Trending" sections in the Popular page and Search dropdown
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Opera, Brave, Vivaldi to ignore Chrome's anti-ad-blocker changes, despite shared codebase
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Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome
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Is it even worthwhile to turn off ad personalization or location tracking for services/apps?
So, I’m moving to a new phone and revisiting a lot of accounts, apps, and settings. When it comes to things like location history or ad personalization or whatever, is it even worthwhile to turn...
So, I’m moving to a new phone and revisiting a lot of accounts, apps, and settings.
When it comes to things like location history or ad personalization or whatever, is it even worthwhile to turn it off? Am I really supposed to believe that because I have some toggle off that Google suddenly doesn’t track where I drive on Maps? Like if they are going to be tracking me, which I assume they are, I might as well be able to see it to rather than have it exist in the aether somewhere where the info is attributed to me but not viewable in the UI.
Even with ads, I know shadow profiles are a thing, and that they definitely have data beyond what they show in the UI, so might as well opt in there too right? Plus, the non-targeted ads I get are basically porn-tier ads or stuff for gay men.
What should I do here? Move into the woods? Feels like I can’t win.
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YouTube Terms of Service updated with the “right to monetize”
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New YouTube terms will allow Google to terminate accounts that it determines are not "commercially viable"
Relevant part of YouTube TOS that'll come into effect on 2019-12-10: YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its...
Relevant part of YouTube TOS that'll come into effect on 2019-12-10:
YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable.
However, it's not clear whether "Service" is YouTube or whole Google account. As we've seen in Markiplier affair, violating YouTube TOS meant that people lost access to their whole Google account - including gmail and gdrive.
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YouTube Vanced is discontinued
@Vanced Official: Vanced has been discontinued. In the coming days, the download links on the website will be taken down. We know this is not something you wanted to hear but it's something we need to do. Thank you all for supporting us over the years.
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The golden age of YouTube is over - The platform was built on the backs of independent creators, but now YouTube is abandoning them for more traditional content
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Marketing company claims that it actually is listening to your phone and smart speakers to target ads
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Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps (company offering apps with ads and tracking)
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The pathetic state of Youtube advertising
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How to block ads like a pro
34 votes