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100% - people cared about browser performance and usability until Firefox and Chrome solved 99% of the problems users would ever face (tabbing, consistent rende

100% - people cared about browser performance and usability until Firefox and Chrome solved 99% of the problems users would ever face (tabbing, consistent rendering, security, beauty(!)) and now it’s a market that’s immune to change.

iopq 4y ago
Wait until adblockers stop working, and see many people start seeing YouTube ads again. Will they agree to stay on Chrome?
- beebeepka 4y ago
  My only use for chromium is youtube. I only watch a handful of channels but things are getting ridiculous. Sometimes I get ads every minute. Every minute! Just the other day I got served 5 ads in a row after a simple fast forward. I gave up TV more than 20 years ago and this crap is way worse. What can I do without letting them in my actual browser? These people are crazy.
  - dmarcos 4y ago
    I highly recommend Youtube Premium. Also heard from creators that they get paid more from Premium views than from free accounts.
    - jon-wood 4y ago
      This, as much as people may moan, is the answer. Either that or go subscribe to Nebula or whatever not-YouTube platform your favourite YouTube channels are publishing to. Content production costs money, in some cases vast amounts of it, and while advertising is a terrible solution to that just not paying is an even worse one. If everyone blocks ads then nobody gets paid, and nothing gets produced.
      - smaudet 4y ago
        Its not just about moaning, it's about paying it forward. I'm not sure when people decided everything should be free - under a certain income sure we should be subsidized, paying for things is a way of voting for the way you want to see the world. If you don't pay you don't have a choice. "Not using" is not enough, because you still need to support what you do use.
    - mardifoufs 4y ago
      I pay for premium but still have to use vanced to avoid the sponsor segments that are in literally every video now. I totally understand why people wouldn't bother with premium until youtube offers a native sponsorblock-like alternative
  - bitwize 4y ago
    "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots."
  - iopq 4y ago
    I watch youtube through firefox with adblock on
  - cercatrova 4y ago
    uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock is what I use.

iopq 4y ago

Wait until adblockers stop working, and see many people start seeing YouTube ads again. Will they agree to stay on Chrome?

beebeepka 4y ago
My only use for chromium is youtube. I only watch a handful of channels but things are getting ridiculous. Sometimes I get ads every minute. Every minute! Just the other day I got served 5 ads in a row after a simple fast forward. I gave up TV more than 20 years ago and this crap is way worse. What can I do without letting them in my actual browser? These people are crazy.
- dmarcos 4y ago
  I highly recommend Youtube Premium. Also heard from creators that they get paid more from Premium views than from free accounts.
  - jon-wood 4y ago
    This, as much as people may moan, is the answer. Either that or go subscribe to Nebula or whatever not-YouTube platform your favourite YouTube channels are publishing to. Content production costs money, in some cases vast amounts of it, and while advertising is a terrible solution to that just not paying is an even worse one. If everyone blocks ads then nobody gets paid, and nothing gets produced.
    - smaudet 4y ago
      Its not just about moaning, it's about paying it forward. I'm not sure when people decided everything should be free - under a certain income sure we should be subsidized, paying for things is a way of voting for the way you want to see the world. If you don't pay you don't have a choice. "Not using" is not enough, because you still need to support what you do use.
  - mardifoufs 4y ago
    I pay for premium but still have to use vanced to avoid the sponsor segments that are in literally every video now. I totally understand why people wouldn't bother with premium until youtube offers a native sponsorblock-like alternative
- bitwize 4y ago
  "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots."
- iopq 4y ago
  I watch youtube through firefox with adblock on
- cercatrova 4y ago
  uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock is what I use.