And while that’s possible for now, it won’t be for much longer, based on the A/B testing yt has been doing. We’re giving them too much power and relying on tools to bypass the stuff we don’t like, but those tools have their days numbered, regrettably.

“we noticed you uninstall Recall. Probably just an accident. We reinstalled it in an unremovable way and enabled it for you. You’re welcome!”

Edit: autocorrect

Before being an accessibility product, the tech has to prove itself. I wouldn’t want to be the guinea pig for a product that could, if malfunctions, trap me in my jacket. But, yes, once proven, this would be an amazing application of the tech.

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Yes we can. Third party front ends exist for yt and there are other (admittedly not as polished) alternatives for the entire platform. When enough viewers use them, it will force the hands of the posters to use other, less abusive avenues (maybe in addition to yt). I’m fine with monetization, but not when it degrades my experience. There are better ways. Yt isn’t the only one, nor is it the first. It’s just the most popular currently.

You’re not wrong. But it won’t happen because of this change, and it’s not going to happen tomorrow. So, as of now, they’re just complaining. I say ‘they’, because I left yt when they started video ads. I didn’t mind the banners, but the unskippable video disruptions were what broke my camel’s back (some of the early ones, if you recall, controlled your volume levels and turned themselves up). You’re right, eventually, everyone will hit a breaking point, but if the 60-120s unskippable video ads weren’t that point, this simple UI change won’t be that for the vast majority of users.

Looks like they just adopted material you design. It’s a ‘whatever’ change for me.

And you think people will do anything more than just bitch about it? Noooopppppeeeee

That link was a super interesting read!

The mooInk V includes a reading mode allowing it to be held half-folded like a paperback.

The ereader has a reading mode?? This changes everything!

Security and privacy are not the same thing. For that matter, neither is anonymity.

Did you get a glass bowl?

Microsoft gonna Microsoft

“security features”, in this case, actually means “ecosystem lockdown features”.

No, it’s fine. I heard they were getting defunded.

Indeed. I’m saving up for a dumb tv with an HTPC, and hopefully will get it deployed before that nonsense comes my way.

Unrelated tongue conversation, but related to your username lol

Nah, they’re doing A/B testing currently for their next several waves of ads. I think (but don’t quote me on this) I read that in the new EULA.

It’s being done now. It’s not an attempt, it’s reality.

Original cut of Ep4 only, right? Because some of the others did have Jabba.

E: oh, I see. Yes. ‘Star Wars’, as in Ep4. Cool. Yes. No Jabba.