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> I often wonder how many people block analytics, since it's the default AFAIK in uBlock Origin. For HN it must be the majority. I went to visit a friend a fe
by hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
> I often wonder how many people block analytics, since it's the default AFAIK in uBlock Origin. For HN it must be the majority.
I went to visit a friend a few days ago. At some point she wanted to show me something on YouTube on her laptop. While staring surprised at the screen, I asked, "What is this? Is it what you wanted to show me?" She was as surprised as me, "No, of course not, this is just an ad." It felt very strange to me as I haven't seen an ad on YouTube for many years.
So I inquired, "You know adblockers exist, why do you put up with this crap?" She answered, "Yes, sometimes people tell me this, then I install it, and then something breaks, like YouTube layout or the comments don't load etc., so I uninstall it, this happens every few years."
So this gave me some insight why a non-technical person may choose not to use an adblocker. I fixed it for her and I hope she enjoys smooth experience for a few months.
- Volker_W 5y agoI would prefer comments not loader over ads loading.
- lrem 5y agoDon't you come to YouTube for the comments? ;)
- Volker_W 5y agoI didn't meant to say that YouTube comments are bad, I meant to say that some websites breaking is still better than having Ads.
- rfw300 5y agoIn fact, even if the ads do load, I’d prefer that the comments don’t.
- mdoms 5y agoAlthough they're still not the highest grade comments on the internet I have noticed a marked improvement in Youtube comments over the last 5 years. I'm not sure what Youtube changed but it's definitely working. However they're still utterly toxic in some circles (eg, anything gaming related).
- glidergun 5y agoI've heard variants of this story so many times, but it leaves me confused over my own experience. This sort of high frequency breakage just does not happen for me, I can't even say rarely. Definitely not on youtube. So what is going on there?