#'do you not use an adblocker??' 'no... should i?' and i was like 'YES. yes you should'

[purpleprincesseater]

As a lifelong Linux user, I get it.

I've made the decision for myself, but it's not without a few downsides. If you're the type of person who thinks replacing their entire OS would be neat then you should absolutely give it a try. But people who can't or don't want to do that deserve privacy too. Everyone should be able to use their computer without being constantly bombarded by ads and sleazy cloud service pitches. Unfortunately the situation unlikely to change any time soon because all this technology moves many times faster than the laws needed to regulate it even when there is political will, and the last election sure didn't help.

There are some ways that individual consumers can reduce their own burden, e.g. adblockers, PC decrapifiers, and yes alternatives like Firefox, but that doesn't help us on a societal level, it just splits users between the technically-skilled 'haves' and the less-skilled 'have-nots', it makes privacy something that costs time and effort that most users who aren't like me would rather spend messaging their friends or uploading video.

A Republican trifecta is unlikely to improve any of this--in fact I'm betting it will get much worse, long before it starts to get better again. Europe has made some headway in holding tech companies to account, but certainly not enough, and of course if you think switching OS is high-effort, moving to Europe is way harder.

So, while in principle people who just want to use their computers like a normal person absolutely deserve privacy too, in practice they're not gonna get it.

I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!

[emptysekai]

guide to ad-free youtube for mobile via. youtube revanced

since youtube vance is no longer maintained and youtube is cracking down on adblockers here is how to download youtube revanced which has the best options for customising youtube features; including removing youtube shorts popups, sponsorship segments in videos, hiding unused buttons, bringing back dislikes, and more! [official revanced github]

this guide is for android only. sorry apple users idk how to help you. your device doesn't have to be rooted. even if it is, you should still be able to follow this guide. if you have youtube vanced installed, revanced shouldn't clash, so you don't have to uninstall it if you don't want to.

installation guide:

1. download all 3:

i. microg (this will let you log into your youtube account) [apk mirror] (scroll past description, download the latest one)

ii. revanced manager apk [github] (select the latest release, scroll to the bottom in assets, install the .apk file)

iii. latest youtube apk [apk mirror]

2. open revanced manager

3. select in this order: "patcher" -> "select an application" -> "storage" (note: if your phone asks you to let the app have storage access, say yes)

[id. two screenshots of the revanced manager app. there are red markings drawn overtop, indicating areas to select mentioned in step 3. the three spots are circled by a red square, an arrow pointing towards it, and a circle with a marked number to indicate the order at the end of each arrow. id end.]

4. select the youtube apk you downloaded

5. select patches. you can tap "recommended" or "default" or turn on/off patches you want

6. once you have selected, select: "done" -> "patch"

7. wait as it intialises youtube revanced. when it's done select "install" (note: if your phone gives you a warning that the app is blocked, select: "more details" -> "install anyway")

8. if this worked, you should have youtube revanced installed, and you can log in like normal. if this didn't work, read the next part.

(under the read more are troubleshooting solutions + other alternative apps)

issue a) if the botom right now says "open"

1. select: 3 dots on the top right -> "export apk"

2. save it

3. open whatever file browsing app you use (most phones should have a default one that comes pre-installed called something like "files" or "my files". if you don't have one, you can go to the play store and search "files" and pick one. if you aren't sure, i use "files by google")

4. find the exported file and install it (it will be called something like "youtube-revanced-versionnumber.apk")

5. if this worked, you should have youtube revanced installed, and you can log in like normal. if this didn't work, you can read the next part.

issue b) can't build or install youtube revanced with no option to export

1. something may have gone wrong with the file installation at some point, so try a clean start. to do this, uninstall:

i. revanced manager

ii. youtube revanced

iii. microg

iv. (optional) disable/uninstall the default youtube app

2. follow guide from step 1 again, hopefully it works. if it's still not working, you can try other alternatives. i've listed some in the next part of this post

alternatives:

libretube, newpipe, songtube, vuetube, astron, puretuber

i haven't used any of these personally, but i haven't seen any problems with them. let me know if there are and i'll remove it from the list.

you can also use youtube through your web browser with adblock add-ons. i'm not sure whether youtube has affected their mobile site though. with the firefox app you can use ublock origins (for ads) + youtube high definition (for general quality fixes)

[mesetacadre]

(not the former torrent anon) do you use a vpn for torrenting? if yes, which one? im a bit afraid to torrenting without one, am i just being too paranoid? all the reddit threads etc say that a vpn is highly recommended

Hi, if you should use a vpn or not very much depends on your country. In Spain the consumption of pirated content and seeding of torrents with pirated content is not really punished for individual people, at most your ISP might temporarily block some sites but you can use mirrors and they aren't that thorough. Also, spanish law seems to and is mostly interpreted to only punish the distribution and consumption of pirated content if you gain economic benefit from it or if you're the person directly pirating the content, like removing DRMs from videogames or ripping a movie off Netflix.

The reason people on reddit insist so much on VPNs is because they are hegemonically USA, where the mere downloading of pirated content can make the ISP shut off your internet, and you can be fined. In this cases VPNs are useful because the ISP can't (or not as easily) see what you're downloading exactly, and you also protect your IP adress from trackers or honeypots, but if you're downloading from 1336x or yts or one of those sorts of sites there is no real danger as long as you're not extremely stupid.

If you're in the USA, you should get a VPN. If you're in a country that's not part of the US imperial hegemony, like Russia or Argentina, you can probably get away with not using a VPN without worrying about legal action. If you are in a country that would respect US IP law (which let's be honest is where most copyrighted content that can land you a fine comes from) it really depends on your situation. I'm lucky Spain isn't heavy handed, but Germany I've heard can be quite aggressive.

Regardless of all of this you should always without exception get an adblocker, I can't recommend uBlock Origin enough. It is very complete out of the box and does not fails where others do. For example, Adblock Plus (ABP) does not by default block those links that redirect you to an ad website but if you click again then it sometimes takes you to the actual place. If you use uBlock, I would also add an additional blocklist, I personally use oisd big. To add it, go to ublock settings, and the My Filters tab, then just paste the raw text into it, and save

[farcillesbian]

Hey Peach I won't ask anything super incriminating or anything but do you need a VPN to torrent stuff? Or really good antivirus?

I know I should look into how to do that stuff but before I attempt anything of the sort, I wanna know if I should beef up my security before I start sniffing around.

Im really out of my element here 😭

hi hi, so there are a couple of things I do to keep my computer/data safe when torrenting - first of all, yes, a VPN is a great idea!! the one time I forgot to turn on my VPN before torrenting something at my parents house my dad got a letter from our internet provider about it 😵‍💫 (it basically was something about "your IP address was used to download copyright infringing material, don't do it again").

it's generally best practice to have some type of VPN set up before torrenting! try to stay away from free VPNs, from what I understand they're not the most reputable and oftentimes they're profiting off selling your data (the ol' "if they're not making money off the product then *you're* the product"). I hear good things about Mullvad and ProtonVPN - I believe at least Proton does have a free tier that just has a limit to how fast you can download things with it!

as far as antivirus goes, it's got its pros and cons. I actually don't always have it turned on, and I'm not a big fan of the built in Windows Defender (it tends to have a lot of false flags) - I like MalwareBytes and I'll do an occasional scan of my computer after downloading stuff & before actually running things. I personally find that antivirus programs tend to quarantine video game installation files when I try to run an installer for a game I torrented, which causes the installation to fail and then I have to go manually check the antivirus to un-quarantine the files 🙄 which is why I end up not having mine running all the time. but if it makes you more comfortable def keep it on, and just remember to check for quarantined files if you're having weird errors trying to install anything!

however I do also make sure that I'm visiting sites I generally trust so that lowers my chances of downloading anything sketchy (though not 0 - be mindful of what you download and open on your computer, especially executables (.exe files)!!) I find all sites I use either via direct recommendations from trusted friends who are very knowledgeable about information security and stuff, or from the r/piracy subreddit's megathread (they have a lot of recommendations for all different kind of media, and also a lot of helpful info about cautious pirating in general)

also, make sure that the torrent client you use is good! I've always used qBittorrent - it's pretty easy to use and set up, it's straightforward, open source, ad-free, and also has a lot of handy features (one of them being a feature in the advanced settings where you can have it only do things with your torrents while your computer is connected to your VPN, which is good for keeping your real IP address secure. if you want help figuring out that setting just reach out again and I'm happy to help!) whatever you do, please don't use μTorrent lol, that one sucks. also, you don't have to update it every time it comes out with an update, but it's generally a good idea to check the qBittorrent subreddit when an update does come out just to see if it deals with anything important security-wise - just recently, a pretty major backdoor vulnerability was identified and fixed, so it was actually pretty critical that everyone update to the latest version (to anyone reading this, make sure you're on 5.0.1 and nothing older than that!)

and also, a good Adblock like ublock origin will help keep you from accidentally clicking on nefarious links when trying to download things on the internet, so make sure you have that set up too!

also also, some regular websites (especially streaming services) HATE VPNs so if you have one running and you're trying to watch something on like, Netflix or your cable provider's streaming site and it's not working, pause the VPN till you're done! and that's where having your torrent client set up to automatically pause all torrents while your VPN is off comes in handy.

also also also, a note on torrenting etiquette - when you are torrenting something from other people (aka peer to peer/P2P file sharing) you are considered a "peer" and the people who have the full files and are sharing them with you via torrent are called "seeds". peers need to be connected to seeds to be able to receive the file. you will also have a ratio for each torrent - this is the amount of data you have sent vs how much you have received. a ratio of over 1.0 means you've sent more than you've received and is considered to be "good form". I usually stop seeding a torrent once it reaches above 1.0, and I do also often go stop seeding a lot of stuff below the 1.0 ratio if it looks like it has a lot of seeds, but I like to keep seeding when it seems like I'm the only one or just one of a few people seeding, especially for media that I already had a hard time finding, to make it a bit easier for someone else trying to torrent it. there are some things that I've waited months to finish torrenting just because nobody was seeding at all for a while 😭 so I do what I can to keep torrents alive myself.

sorry this ended up longer than I thought it would be, and probably longer than you expected, but I hope this is helpful! happy sailing the digital seas, anon :D

[apupp3tw0-strings]

Please Turn Off Adblock and Reconnect to WiFi

Date: November 1st, 2131

Since Taffy never got to introduce himself in the car, he took the opportunity to do so as soon as possible (as well as taking the opportunity to introduce everyone else too). Another opportunity Taffy jumped on was the chance to introduce their stupid influencer group idea I never agreed on and that they've roped me into. It's something that Taffy and the others have been bouncing around for a while now, but has recently become more formalized in the past year when we've heard people calling our friend group "The HotSpots". I'm pretty sure it started because Taffy, Blaze, Neil and Blane all seem to be on their phones whenever they can be, and thus anytime the internet went out, at least of them have a mobile hotspot on or something.

Taffy and Blaze seemed to love the nickname though and adopted if for our "future influencer accounts"... (Guys... We're nine.) Shortly after that, Blane seemed to make up a slogan on the spot, one he thought and still thinks is a brilliant use of wordplay and innovation and jumps at pitching whenever possible. A pitch which he often drags the rest of us into, much to my discomfort. (I never agreed to any of this, but then again, I never explicitly said "No" to it either... Gyeh, tis the way it seems to go with my friends.)

As you might've guessed, as soon as Taffy brought up the whole "HotSpots" influencer group thing, Blane jumped on pitching the slogan. Luckily this time I was outside his arm range and didn't get roped in. I still had to nervously smile and cringe in the background though. Spamton didn't seem to enjoy it either judging by the sour expression he gave during the whole performance.

Seems Kris also seemed to share my view point of "Guys, what the heck. We're too young for this, please stop talking about this like it's something that's gonna happen any time soon" and started a bit of a verbal disagreement with Blane (as well as with Blaze and Neil) that Taffy and I had to mediate and ensure didn't go south.

When we both came back and Taffy made some snarky remark about Blane being an idiot, Spamton looked up and, very bluntly told Taff to their face,

"... I [hate mail] U THE MOST."

"Spamton!" I get Spamton is a blunt person. I've been around him long enough to know he's not someone to dance around topics and will state his opinion loud and clear, no matter how rude, but seriously!

Taffy was clearly taken aback by this, which, who wouldn't be? I tried to assure them I'd talk to him and that the rest of the group should just go on ahead a bit. Thankfully Taffy agreed as I stayed back a bit to confront Spamton on how he's been acting.

"Okay, seriously Spamton. What is going on with you?"

"N0THIG. I JUST D0 N'T [leave a like] UR [[trashy intenet friends]]." Yeah right. There's something deeper to this than simply "not liking them"

"You've barely met them!"

"ND I CAN ALR EADY TELL THEI R [fake news] AS CAN B3," Spamton turned to look me in the eye, "KID, D0 U REALLY THINK THOSE [[trendy teens] ] HAVE YOUR BACK?"

"Yes??? I've known them since I was in kindergarten, I sure hope so at least!" ... Sometimes I think I have to really convince myself of that statement. It's sad that I have to convince myself.

"AND YET U'VE [file a complaint] B OUT THEM [[Multi-purpoose tool]] TIMES. HAV N'T U TOLD ME UR [deep dark fears] ABOUT THEM [[leavving for greener pastures]] U?" It wasn't helping here that yeah. I had complained about worrying that my friends didn't actually like me. Mulitple times. In front of Spamton. ... I didn't think it would come back to bite me in the moment! I was just just... Upset, I guess.

I shook my head, "No! We're, we're not doing this right now! That's just my anxiety. I know they wouldn't just, abandon me because they're good friends!" I looked off to where the rest of the group was. They were heading forward without us. They were leaving us behind. ... They were leaving me behind. ...

In that moment, it didn't matter to me if I have my doubts about the HotSpots. I just didn't want to get left behind again.

"And... and right now I just want to have a good night where I can spend time with them, alright?" I looked back to Spamton. I was frustrated at first. I was getting left behind because of him. Because of his behavior. ... But then I started to remember his situation. His friends. Probably where this was all coming from...

I probably shouldn't have just walked off after that. I should've stayed with Spamton, or made sure he came with, especially considering the state I found him in a few minutes later... But I was too afraid of getting left behind again.

After I had caught up to the others and we'd hit the first house, I noticed Spamton wasn't following us and went back to check on him. I probably should've made sure he was behind us when I first walked off, because when I came back I sorta found him zoning out and his glasses staticing... I hope it wasn't because of what I had said. It could've been something the askers said, but...

I was able to snap him out of it a bit (not without a bit of a startle though due to his sudden laughter though), we were able to catch up with everyone else and continue on with the night. Everything seemed okay for a time, we got to trick-or-treat (Jevil and Spamton even joined in), we ran into some of Kris's friends (Or... I think they're friends?), made some future plans to hang out at the Fun Center since Blane and Neil were curious when we passed my aunt's house and I said she wasn't there likely because she was working, and overall had a mostly fun night.

... That was until we reached the last stop of the night. A haunted house set up on the old fairgrounds.

To Be Continued

[yonpote]

this is my keep or yeet livepost w my onions on whether phil should keep or yeet

THE GHOST SHIRT yeet bc its haunted by... another youtuber who's worn it. BUT dan pointing out that its small on him just makes it hotter cuz like... tight fitting clothes on this man is,..... hoo boy

aladdin for me is a yeet but im not the biggest aladdin fan personally? so i think keep for phil is fine and BLACK SHIRTS ON PHIL UGHHHHHH LOVe

red nasa shirt 😭😭😭 i would keep it for sentiment tbh ;;

shoe shirt? its so random. yeet. WAIT IT HAS TEXTURES NVM KEEP

oh god wtf is that{?!? OH HE DYED THE ICONIC SHIRT LMAOO yeah this is a yeet but i relate so much to trying to dye something a cool color but just making it look kinda dirty 😭

OH HELL YEAH RIPPED GREEN HOODIE YUMMALICIOUS HUBBA HUBBA comfy hoodie is always a keep

oh brother not another opera spon... use firefox everyone, its got tab containers too and if you use ublock origin u can put in a specific list thing for youtube ads so you dont get the adblock block thing look it up on reddit its so good, if u need chrome for mandatory work thing sure but firefox doesnt harvest everything you type so

NGJFNFJ THE MOLDY GREEN DYED SHIRTS ARE SO BAD BUDDY THE SUSHI SHIRT WOULDA BEEN CUTE OTHERWISE

a millennial gay can never have too many flowery button ups imo, keep

corgi!!!! cute!!

crusty bottom and clean top..... dont make me say it.........

OOO keep the splatter print shirt its very lesbian!!!

gatorland shirt i like a good comfy tourist shirt

marvel shirt YEEEEET

omg the ancient illness hoodie..... THE ONE THAT DAN WORE WHILE WEARING A COLANDER ON HIS HEAD KEEP IT HAS LORE!!!!!!

uhhhh random gray rectangle shirt.. yeet unless he wants to do the short sleeve over long sleeve e boy look

MESH SAKURA SHIRT KEEP FOREVER HOT AND MATCHES DANS SAKURA SHIRT LOL. TJE NIP WINDOW????? CHEST HAIR!?!?!?!?

ooo semi-varsity jacket... i think if it was baggier on him and it looked more like the embroidered ones ppl wear in japan it would be a keep but for me its yeet

MOON SHIRT!!!! keep for cutie pie reasons. PHIL IS NOT APPROPRIATING LESBIAN WITCH DAN HE LITERALLY IS ONE HES A LESBIAN PSYCHIC "i could be a lesbian witch!"

nasa jacket keeeeep

stranger yeet.

types of frogs KEEP. ITS SO RAINFOREST CAFE FROG SHIRT VIBE AS WELL AS DAN'S SPACE CENTER CAT SHIRT

beetle... i voted yeet on ig

friends t shirt i would say keep for phil cuz listen. millennials need their sitcom attachment and i love a big comfy shirt. also oops edit flub? they didnt say whether it was kept or yet o7

minesweeper shirt KEEP just bc charlie plays so much minesweeper like my fav part of her streams is just watching her play minesweeper very intensely

keeeeep the plaid windbreaker its sooooo hot on phil. "it smells like a man whos not me" "philip where have you been." jealous dan returns

pokemon hoodie ummmm im kinda 50/50 on this one i love pokemoncore shit but fsr this pattern looks a bit weird? but overall a keep

tokyo i think i voted keep cuz i thought it was newer than it is lol idk i dont think its the worst

furby shirt keep 100% THE OLD FURBY

i think phil shoudl keep all his shorts but him them like 3 inches shorter or just cut the length off. i think its so funny how cis men are like "omg im so slutty for wearing 7 inch inseam shorts" like girl get the daisy dukes out. i wanna see the thighs please.

DID SHE JUST TAKE HER SHORTS OFF ON CAMERA. PHIL YOU WHORE. BRIGHT BLUE UNDIES. IM KILLING MYSELF

YES!!!! TINY LITTLE SHORTS GOD YES THIS IS EVERYTHING TO ME.

comfy gray shorts keep OH ITS THE ASS SHORTS. ITS THE CAKE SHORTS. KEEP

oof skinny shorts?? yeet (but no hate on skinny jeans in general... i only have one pair of jeans and theyre mega ripped skiinny jeans they just dont look skinny on me cuz im short and chubby) "if emo comes back" girl emos been back

corduroy shorts mehhh oh but texture phil needs texture so keep

ORANGE FLOWER SHORTS KEEP

HELLO??? ummm godzilla shorts are.... if the print were on a shirt i would keep but on shorts?

brown shorts yeet, flower sweater keep, basically i agree w them

ooh another black graphic longsleeve lol. I THINK THIS ONES A KEEP AND THE BEETLES A YEET SORRY

oh funky hoodie. i like it i would wear it keep but idk if i like it on phil

KEEP THE PURPLE STRIPEY SWEATER FOREVER

if this fleece jacket thing didnt have such a stupid back design on it i would say keep

SPOTTY RED BUTTON UP KEEP

keep comfy buffalo checker sweater!!! i would keep

"manchester hoodie" oh.... everyone who voted yeet go die katamari hoodie is perfect

KEEP DENIM JACKET FOREVER

fuzzy denim keeeep hes so hot

spotty blue shirt i LOVE but. its so tatinof ykwim and phils in his new era

oooh stripey blue shirt keep!

i bought a sweater that was inspired by this blue and pink checker thing LOL i think it looked better when he had jet black hair lol

BRIGHT FUTURE! keep!!!

omg wait nooo not the red bomber!!! its cute!!!!!! im too attached to his clothes bro.... i like the red one more than the blue one tbh WHY DID HE BUY SO MANY VERSIONS

Nasa sweater!! keep

blue button up is too like. corporate lol. brother you dont have an office job you dont need boring tops

tiger jumper keep!!!! i like it!!!!! fuck u MEAN fast fashion

good vibes keeeep for the vibes

oh the brown flower pattern on this doesnt work on phil

OH THIS PLANT ONES HOT. YEAH DAN THATS RIGHT DEFEND THIS SHIRT

great wave keep!

glittery zebra is so tied to 2017 in my brain but not in a good way tbh yeet but he is hot in it. "you bought this for me dan" omfg shut UP

i think i voted keep on chess but. on second look its a yeet tbh...

ok thats it yippee that was fun theyre gay im gonna die

[jaythelay]

I think selling mods is dishonest, unethical, and likely to harm everyone in the end legally.

I don't think profiting off your work is bad. Have a website with ads, a patreon, ko-fi, paypal, I don't care.

I do think selling work that's a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percentage's percentage of the required parts and overall work via a paywall, is going to harm everyone in that, companies don't give a shit, they're just gonna shotgun blast modding and right to repair/reverse engineering dead in courts. Alongside the fact...it's just...unethetical in my mind.

Creation is about inspiring others to create, when you just...do it for profit it's no longer that, but leeching off fame with wasted and mostly inherently stolen talent. It causes a rift in a community that was largely in agreement against bringing the legal hammer down on people.

But I think selling remakes of games, not as the company but a fan, is just...a bit fucking much man. Some of these fuckin' people just want to make sure the legal hammer comes down.

Like here's the thing, a Let's Play and a Reaction Video are basically the same in my mind, even though I believe most Reaction videos to be Entirely Leechy, on it's face it's inherently the same as an LP, you're not reliant upon the game so much as you're bouncing off of it, or if it's a Walkthrough with Commentary, then that's a guide that yes requires the product, but is not Reliant upon it for the person's Own Creation. They could write guides for alot of things, some of them.

The difference is that they Profit, Without a Paywall, they just have ads, or a patreon, and at that point exclusive content is fine because it's usually extras I have little interest in, and likely will come out for free eventually anyways.

Here's the distinct difference, the "Wall" part is not my ethical issue, the issue is Ads are Inherently Non-Problematic, on the surface. See, you go to YT for the videos, that's the point, it's thing, you watch a video, it has an ad, there's little control over it but otherwise you're giving YT money, and then they pay people. At no point is someone selling access to videos via a different website for a privated video you get whitelisted for on YT alongside an adblock just for extra measure.

You aren't cutting out the middle man while inherently, Inherently, using them. I'm incredibly open about creation and how it can be done, like fuck copyright, I think you should be able to sell a fuckin sonic game without sega's permission, use Adblock. But, here's the thing, We Don't Live In That World. We live in a world WITH copyright and incredibly hostile laws. I don't want the legal hammer to come down on what's barely scraping by obscurity in the public anymore. This shit ain't gonna last if we keep pushing boundaries.

Ya gave money as a gift, not as an expectation. With ads, you gave it with the expectation that it's the way the website you're using can profit, and they in turn, pay the creator's that people go there for. That's what keeps communities surround products from being sued into oblivion.

I honestly think the reason companies started being harder on mods and fan-games is because people elsewhere were straight up stealing the companies work and selling it (as mods).

What a paywalled remake/mod is, is a legal nightmare, a community splinterer where eventually everyone will have to pay for mods that were once free (no one benefits because no one really profits but the people who have a clique to game the systems) eventually this becomes a headache for companies who Legally Own Everything and then goodbye modding and right to repair/reverse engineering. Just like...

Can people not tempt the devil in themselves and simply just create? Without "hussle" just like...make something dude. Shit. It's embarrassing.

[angelicpersonals]

I'm tired of being epileptic

A lot of the time I cant find lyric videos or lyric videos are taken down. I'm so sick and tired of new music videos being full of flashing lights. I have seen numerous people who aren't epileptic claim its "too much" makes them dizzy, distracts from the MV because its constant in so many songs I've seen as of late both in independant music and in kpop. For the past 3 years. It makes it impossible (Unless an audio or lyric video is available) for epileptics to enjoy music. And a lot of the times Audios or lyric videos some a visualizers which have the exact same problem.

If thats not bad enough heres some more issues Youtube Ads: I constantly get ads with flashing lights for goddamned phones or other crap no matter how many times I report it to youtube and remind them people have epilepsy. And while yes adblocker is an option youtube let me remind everyone is f*cking with adblock and not everyone has the money to throw down on a sub to youtube to remove ads and shouldn't have to for a DISABILITY

Youtube Shorts: Nowadays its become so common for certain popular creators I will not name drop, to use rapid flashing lights in their videos. I have reached out to them via emails to say "Hey can you add an epilepsy warning to the beginning if possible because shorts autoplay and flashing lights can seriously harm epileptics. Never get any response email back and they keep doing it, even when I get other people to email them to get their attention.

Tiktoks: Not all tiktoks with flashing lights get the epilepsy warning on them, I dont know if creators can set this so im not going to b*tch about the creators for this but I still want to bring up this IS an issue. Tumblr: Yes even here has had issues where people won't tag posts with epilepsy warnings putting epileptics who are trying to avoid said things at risk.

Why is this all a problem? Because people with epilepsy can potentially DIE from seizures. It doesn't take much to add a quick epilepsy warning on videos, Ads SHOULD be regulated for safety in the first place because they are FORCED. This is peoples LIVES that people are carelessly playing with. Oversight is one thing. But theres no excuse for ignoring the issue. Why can't people stop to think: What if this was my parent, my friend, my sister, brother, cousin, child in some cases because some of these ppl are parents. My family didn't realize I was epileptic until I had a MAJOR seizure because all I had before that was SILENT seizures, the type where you look like you are fine but you are unresponsive.

So it could be literally ANYONE they know. yet they still are so careless. its not like epilepsy is a new thing either. So I do not understand WHY people are so irresponsible.

TL;DR creators and sites are being irresponsible putting lives at risk and its not hard to just regulate ads for safety and add a few second warnings to the beginning of videos.

[yokomation-blog]

AWWWWWW, did i Over do my thing?

Well TOO BAD YOUTUBE!

the Adpocalypse ENDS TO FUCKING DAY!

i highly HIGHLY encourage everyone to do this and show YouTube we´re Already fedup with thier Ad Bullshit, An Artist like myself, everyone really should NOT be forced to watch your Stupid fucking ads YouTube, MILLIONS of People Have likely Already Died when looking up How to Save someone frome a heart attack because of a fucking Ad, People´s Relaxing Days have all been ruined by a STUPID unskippable ad.

"BUT IT SURPPORTS THE CREATORS AND" Well too bad you never EVER just gave us a button to say Yes or No to Ad´s YouTube, NO NO NO! YouTube and the People who run it Do NOT Give a Crap About the Viewers, they All only Care about the Money, isn´t that why we got the YouTube Shorts Bullshit, You Know I Really REALLY Care about my Fans and stuff and i do NOT WANNA SEE ANY ADS ON MY FUCKING VIDEO´S or on anyone´s Video´s,

i may only have like 554 Sub´s But I LOVE THEM ALL and i do not thier viewing of any content been Faced with a Dumb ad, in Fact i sometimes just Down right QUIT A VIDEO when an Ad Comes up on my IPad or Phone when im on YouTube because they are just a Waste of Time.

so, NO YouTube, we´ll be keeping the Adblock and YOU YOUTUBE are not going to Get Win AT FUCKING ALL! Keep YouTube Free,

Spread my Words fans, get this message and tell them to suck a fart like how i have on the 2nd image either here on YouTube or On any other social platform

[trifoliate-undergrowth]

Got my car stereo yoinked today to be fixed and I'm used to the tape player being broken but the radio working so I keep going oh I'll turn the radio on and going to reach for the gaping hole in my dashboard and going Ah.

Also it was very funny the guy was like "yeah we can get the original fixed but also it would be way cheaper and also better in literally every way for you to just replace it with a newer version" and I was like "do you have one with a tape player" and he's like "uh no they don't make those. You could have Bluetooth though!" And I'm like "I have a phone to tape player adaptor already :) " and he's like "you could have a wireless connection though" and I'm like "I just want to play my tapes bc I have some to play in the tape player but it broke" and he's like "okay, I mean, we can do that? If you're sure?? You could get an upgrade that would bring you into the modern age. And be cheaper" and I'm like "nah :) "

He was cute (said in an "asexual with daddy issues" way), squirrelly guy with silvery hair and glasses and a three-quarters-missing fingernail. There's a little tool you use to unlock the stereo from the dash and it just pops right out (well, optimally, mine was stuck and he struggled a bit) and then unhook a couple wires. I'm not sure what I was expecting but this was pretty simple and cool to watch. Hope they can fix it and it's not too expensive! I've been so frustrated that I got tapes to play and the tape player broke! I've got copies of CDs, I've got a mixtape I made by hooking up my tape recorder to my computer and I miss not having dang YouTube ads! (Yes I should just install an adblocker on my phone no I haven't done it yet)

[normalhorse]

I have developed a new youtube strategy and if I don't write it down I'll forget but it's working nicely to find wholesome and delightful woodworking stuff I would never have otherwise found/looked at.

ah this is going to go long so executive summary: this is not really about my new youtube strategy but it is about youtube stuff I like and why. And a bit about my youtube strategy I guess. and how I have autism lmao.

For instance this guy:

makes very quietly-spoken, mostly shop footage and talking to camera (and a bit of inserted reference footage or pov shots, too) videos, making nice furniture out of nice hardwoods and self-made recycled skateboard plywood.

This all delivered with an affect my wife wife described as "radiating warmth and light" and a genuinely engaging and crucially understated enthusiasm. perfect blend of cali skater zen and also manual crafts zen.

Obligatory #youtube grammar notes: nothing egregious so far! One word really caught my attention (not enough for me to, like, remember what it was for sure - I think it was furthermore?), as being far enough away from exactly right as to be jarring also (Andrew if you ever read this I am trying very hard to write this in a way that doesn't seem, like, aggressively negative but if it does, [and this is unsolicited criticism so why wouldn't it] as a countermeasure: you're doing great! one and a half weird words in idk half an hour of footage is frankly incredible. and your videos are lovely. thanks!). The 'half' was one instance out of several uses of 'itself' also hit wrong but I can't explain why even to myself so who cares.

Anyway, it's exactly my shit except a lot of his thumbnails look like high energy sfx-heavy youtube maker stuff yelled at me by a bro (Sorry again Andrew once again you are doing great!) which I would never click on except for my grand strategy of:

subscribe early, subscribe often

just like follow links in videos when you watch a nice video and the presenter says 'inspired by a video from ...' - if they make the kind of videos you want, there's a better than average chance people that inspire them do too.

Yes, the second thing should have been blindingly obvious, but I have a medical condition and don't have to notice things.

Mostly it's that the links are now in the readmore of the description field, and I usually don't read those because they register in my brain as post signatures, so I maybe read the whole readmore once per channel.

(for the sake of internet epoch claiming the relevant signatures are on usenet)

That is, I expect the description to have the same content all the time after the obligatory first line modification (i.e. the actual video description text). There's usually a huge identical section of socmed links, affiliate links to products used in the video, affiliate links to endorsed products/channel sponsors generally.

So I didn't know that sometimes there are video/channel links in there, ok? Also there's a popup info panel but I think I adblocked it lmao.

Anyway. Subscribe early, subscribe often, though: Because windows just shuts itself the fuck down whenever it wants, and chrome no longer restores smashed windows by default (presumably for ultimately surveillance-enhancing reasons), and I have watch history turned off on youtube (yeah I know but also listen being paranoid about the internet is my actual job I am allowed to be a weirdo if I want), once I open a linked video in a new tab or whatever, if the video looks cool I subscribe immediately, because I won't watch it now and I'll lose the tab tomorrow.

Anyway this is probably exactly the usage model youtube would like me to have, but because I have watch history turned off I don't get youtube's """highly curated""" recommended bullshit, I only see <search results for niche interest query> and stuff recommended from videos I'm already subscribed to. So like sort of their model but much more actually useful to me.

cool strategy bro

but yeah the real question is hey do you know any more channels like this for carpentry/metalwork/basically any craft stuff? hit me with yr haberdashery yr leatherwork your embroidery - but not cooking for some reason. because they are extremely important for my little mental health right now cheers

[aggold15hi01]

Just when you are going to YouTube official website--unsigned but they kept pestering you by getting a premium membership you do have to get charged from 2$. 😠😐😑

Seriously, if you are giving us a scare like this; YouTube; may be you should think long hard and twice at this point because none of us like ADs but paying for an AD Free service & get charged? No thank you. (*Yes, I am using the best quality on the ADBlocker on all platforms. ✌️)

⚠️ Disclaimer: I don't own any of the images & none of them are mine.

[dissonantdreamer]

Do you or anyone who follows you know where I may perchance be able to pirate tlou? I don't have hbo or sky :(

arr matey if ye be looking to plunder

here be the reddit megathread on piracy, a bounty of advice and sites should ye ever decide the pirate life is for ya,

always use an adblocker!

if ye be looking for a quick answer, movies123 (search in Google) is where I dropped anchor earlier

be safe and yar har or something like that

[nerbulent]

jesus christ that is a horrible extension list. one by one:

sponsorblock: sure ok. if you want.

track me not: i mean. it does random searches in the background. will probably get you rate-limited (yes that happens)

ublock: yeah. definitely.

unhook: i'm pretty sure this just removes almost all youtube functionality. if you don't like youtube go ahead. just tested it. yeah it does.

ghostery: two things. number one: this is spyware. closed source and owned by an advertising company. number two: you already have an adblocker. if you have multiple, it will slow down your browser by a lot and give you no extra protection. (this also applies with all extensions. the more you have, the slower your browser, typically.)

https everywhere: well. this is just cryptography. most sites that you want https on have https already forced. pointless.

privacy badger: ok fair.

privacy possum: ok. not a complete overlap with badger. but. i wouldn't recommend both, especially given that you already have ublock. fucks with your browser speed, again.

adblocker for youtube: never heard of this one. i do not recommend anything other than ublock.

adblocker ultimate: this is the fourth adblocker. you should only have one. you are slowing your browser down so god damn much.

adnauseam: ublock with some extra features. use this OR ublock becuase it is ublock with extra crap. you do not need more than one adblocker.

blue blocker: i mean. if you want

don't track me google: fair

duck duck go privacy essentials: ublock does more or less everything this does. with this many extensions, your browser is so blatantly obvious and easy to tell apart from others that you're fucking yourself over. they don't need to track you you're doing it yourself.

facebook container: only if you use facebook.

the more extensions you have, the easier you are to track and the slower your browser gets.

hello google chrome refugees

don't use any of these browsers, they're also chrome

Here are my favorite firefox plugins for security/anti-tracking/anti-ad that I recommend you get

please get off chrome google is currently being investigated for being an Illegal Monopoly so get outta there okay love you bye

[h-adaptionem]

Hey there, I'm H (they/them) and this is my tumblr blog for my YouTube channel.

My YouTube channel is H. adaptionem; I post roughly the same kinda stuff there, except you have to look at my face and hear my voice

My main blog is homo-adaptionem. My research blog for my YT is h-a-reference-research-resources. You can see all of my playlists at h-adaptionem.tumblr.com/ytplaylists You can see my backlog of videos at h-adaptionem.tumblr.com/videobacklog Read the FAQ here: h-adaptionem.tumblr.com/faq I have an Instagram, theadaptinghuman, but I mainly use it for looking at other's stuff rather than posting my own.

H. adaptionem stands for "Homo adaptionem", which means "the adapting human", because I felt "sapien" was a bit too generous for a dumbass like me. Sadly, YouTube would penalize me if my channel name included "homo" in it, so we get H. adaptionem instead. I made this blog so I could link to my tumblr without getting penalized for my descriptions containing "homo".

DISCLAIMER: My videos are not intended for children. They contain crude humor, foul language, and adult topics. Yes, even those that focus on toys, cartoons, and other "childish" things. I'm not a babysitter and I should not be expected to cater to children or their useless parents/guardians.

REMEMBER TO TURN ON ADBLOCKER AND KEEP IT ON! I do not run ads on my videos and I don't make any money off of them! ANY ADS YOU SEE ARE THOSE YOUTUBE IS PLACING SO THEY MAKE MONEY OFF OF MY CONTENT! Fuck ads, fuck capitalism, fuck corporations! Use that sexy, sexy adblock!!! 🖤

My favorite YouTubers include blameitonjorge, Brutal Moose, TheGamerFromMars, Jenna Marbles, Justin Whang, Reignbot, ScareTheater, SomeOrdinaryGamers, and xCanadensis, among MANY others. Those are the vibes I want for this channel: a person talking about, doing, and sharing things they enjoy. This channel is a hobby, so I post according to my schedule and my life.

Some recurring series (some not yet posted; all planned; some currently filming)

"Bone Asp the Teeth" (🦴🐍🦷) a cooking and food focused series

"Tragic Reality" where I talk about true historical tragic events (hopefully respectfully and tastefully)

"Urban Legends" where I talk about urban legends, creepypasta, folklore, mythology, and cryptids

"Weird Reality" where I talk about strange true stuff

"Witch Wednesday" a series that includes workings, recipes, and discussions about witchcraft

I try to release Bone Asp the Teeth on Tuesdays (Chewsday), and Witch Wednesday on… well, Wednesday. Other than that, there's no real schedule. I film what I want, edit when I want, and post when I want.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and stay safe and stay weird.

[h7p3r4ct1v3-h0rn3t2]

Shpd I try watching clone high sometime ? I’ve seen clips of it but never the full thing and one of my old friends used to like it

YES YOU SHOULD DO THAT. YOU CAN FINDIT FOR FREE HERE (you might want an adblocker to go there though. if you dont already have one)