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YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] tonnert@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What is even more infuriating, I'm from one of the countries that had YouTube Premium Lite available. €6,99 for adfree YouTube with none of the 'offline' or YouTube Music nonsense that I wouldn't be using anyway.

My wife and myself have been subscribed for about 6 months now, totally seeing the value of it. Literally one month after signing my mum also onto it, she gets an email telling her that her subscription will end in a month from now.

Fuck that shit.

YouTube Premium Lite was perfect, affordable and removed exactly the main issue with YouTube: ads. Endless stupid amounts of ads.

I'll go back to Firefox with any amount of extensions that block ads and block the ad-block blockers. Google would have to burn the browser market to the ground before I'll consider subscribing again.

Does anyone still burn their movies to DVD? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] tonnert@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it an idea to get her a new DVD player which also reads USB sticks?

Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] tonnert@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

The silver lining here might also be that the internet that we knew and loved 25 years ago might actually reappear. The 'other' stuff would just become background noise to the ones 'in the know'.