L3ft_F13ld!

Wish I could help you figure that out, but I’m a total linux noob. The EndeavourOS forums would be a good place to start though.

Always use the up-to-date version.

Whenever there’s consistent playback issues there’s usually an update on the horizon. Just have to be patient.

ETA: I’m watching videos on Freetube right now. It’s working just fine.

I’m not a software dev, but that’s what I was thinking when I said maybe there’s a reason for it. I still feel like it’s a shit change, but that’s because I use the function.

That, for sure, is one of the most garbage changes imaginable.

Someone conciously had to go out of their way to remove functionality there.

Maybe there’s a reason for it, but I still think it’s a shit change.

Thanks, but it won’t really affect me. I only use Freetube when I want to access Youtube

I’m not defending google here, but I’m sure a decent chunk of the complaints are just bitching because “change bad!”

I haven’t seen the change yet and I’m sure there are legitimate complaints as well, but us online folk tend to detest even the smallest changes and go a bit overboard in our complaining sometimes.

I’m long awaiting this company burning to the ground and it’s CEO imprisoned.

Hopefully he’s “imprisoned” in the building while it burns down.

You pull moderately hard.

Edit: If it’s superglue you might have to pull a bit harder.

I also don’t agree with the killer games thing, but humans are very adaptable as a species.

Normally that’s a good thing, but in a case like this exposure to something shocking or upsetting can make it less shocking or upsetting over time (obviously not in every case). So, if AI is being used for something like this and being reported on isn’t it possible that people might slowly get desensitized to it over time?

That’s fair, but I still think it shouldn’t be accepted or allowed.

Fair enough. I still think it shouldn’t be allowed though.

Yes, but how is the AI making the images or videos? It has to be trained on SOMETHING.

So, regardless of direct harm or not, harm is done at some point in the process and it needs to be stopped before it slips and gets worse because people “get used to” it.

They’ve accomplished nothing except further pissing off some of their most competent user base.

I don’t think they’ve cared about the competent users for a very long time. They only want the users who click OK or Next without reading or thinking.

I only know the DNS blocking from them.

ETA: Not sure if their app does more.

DNS blocking (such as AdGuard) doesn’t work for everything. Ad blocking extensions are the only way to block YouTube ads in your browser as far as I know.

Well, that’s not surprising to see. Thanks for the clarification.

Would not be surprised at all. Just want people to know about that instead of still being mad about some bullshit someone spewed years ago.

This was apparently never an official statement. It was someone in an interview that misspoke.

A Firefox fork like IronFox with an aggressive adblocker setup like uBlock Origin in medium mode blocks paywalls and all kinds of annoying popups on most sites. Takes a bit of tweaking to not break some sites, but after that it’s amazing.

So, I’m using IronFox on Android with uBlock Origin on medium mode. Not an ad or other problem to be seen on that site. On Windows I use LibreWolf with the same uBlock setup.

These are aggressive setups that can break some sites, but after a while of tweaking it carefully you don’t notice it’s there anymore.