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>What is most interesting about this whole adblocking war: we're winning. Until Google changes how the web works and all other browsers will align. And they ca

>What is most interesting about this whole adblocking war: we're winning. Until Google changes how the web works and all other browsers will align. And they can do that, since they almost own the web trough Chrome.

fifteen1506 3y ago
Yup. Webbundles and the other thingie.
isaacremuant 3y ago
Then use Firefox and/or non chromium based browsers. Don't play the game. It's not a new game. Remember when Linux was "evil commie software"?
- discordance 3y ago
  I like Firefox, but isn't Firefox funded by Google?
  - swiftcoder 3y ago
    In the sense that Google pays for search engine placement, yes. They also pay Apple for the same thing - I'd hesitate to say that gives them much influence over either Firefox or Safari.
Algent 3y ago
Twitch "permanently" won by injecting ads directly on the feed, right now best you can do is sneak swap the small resolution version that stay on the side until they also removed this.
- MrMember 3y ago
  You can also VPN to a country that they don't serve ads to.
- ls612 3y ago
  Actually the modern vaft script can completely bypass ads and has seen minimal changes for well over a year. Twitch gave up because most people, even the tech savvy ones, don't know about the solutions anymore. https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions
lxgr 3y ago
There’s no need at all to rely on Chrome: If Google wanted to, they could enable DRM for all videos on Youtube today. Almost every desktop and mobile browser supports it. They’d lose a couple of legacy client apps, but much less traffic than they would if they were to make it Chrome-only.
- octacat 3y ago
  And this is what would happen. The only reason why it is not happening - many users would go and watch tiktok instead or FB videos would get a chance. I don't see the reason to support the company, which dreams to make internet worse.
  - lxgr 3y ago
    They could always exempt Youtube Shorts (which are competing with TikTok/Instagram reels etc.) from DRM and only apply it to longer-form content. Shorts don't get ads anyway in my experience (but I almost never use them).
    - anticensor 3y ago
      shorts and CC licensed videos

fifteen1506 3y ago

Yup. Webbundles and the other thingie.

isaacremuant 3y ago

Then use Firefox and/or non chromium based browsers. Don't play the game. It's not a new game. Remember when Linux was "evil commie software"?

discordance 3y ago
I like Firefox, but isn't Firefox funded by Google?
- swiftcoder 3y ago
  In the sense that Google pays for search engine placement, yes. They also pay Apple for the same thing - I'd hesitate to say that gives them much influence over either Firefox or Safari.

Algent 3y ago

Twitch "permanently" won by injecting ads directly on the feed, right now best you can do is sneak swap the small resolution version that stay on the side until they also removed this.

MrMember 3y ago
You can also VPN to a country that they don't serve ads to.
ls612 3y ago
Actually the modern vaft script can completely bypass ads and has seen minimal changes for well over a year. Twitch gave up because most people, even the tech savvy ones, don't know about the solutions anymore. https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions

lxgr 3y ago

There’s no need at all to rely on Chrome: If Google wanted to, they could enable DRM for all videos on Youtube today. Almost every desktop and mobile browser supports it. They’d lose a couple of legacy client apps, but much less traffic than they would if they were to make it Chrome-only.

octacat 3y ago
And this is what would happen. The only reason why it is not happening - many users would go and watch tiktok instead or FB videos would get a chance. I don't see the reason to support the company, which dreams to make internet worse.
- lxgr 3y ago
  They could always exempt Youtube Shorts (which are competing with TikTok/Instagram reels etc.) from DRM and only apply it to longer-form content. Shorts don't get ads anyway in my experience (but I almost never use them).
  - anticensor 3y ago
    shorts and CC licensed videos