Google is such a douchy company now.
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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Vanilla Brave blocks ads and doesn't show the blocker. Ublock & Better YouTube will cause it to trigger. Tampermonkey script prevents the blocker from appearing after disabling/enabling Ublock for a video or two.
Fuck YouTube and Google. They make enough money selling my data.
Edit: Okay I get it guys, Brave bad
Ublock doesn't trigger it. Better YouTube does. Remove it and you're golden.
Brave is commercial grade malware. How anyone can willingly install that on their system and then complain about google selling data is beyond me. At this point, Firefox is without alternatives.
Explain?
Where to start...
- They once deployed their own cryptocurrency and used your computer to mine without consent,
- They then manipulated all links to Amazon and some other shops to be affiliate links with themselves as beneficiary, earning commissions without user consent (and in violation of Amazon's terms),
- They install a VPN service without user consent,
- They sell user data (anonymized) to train AI farms
https://www.spacebar.news/p/stop-using-brave-browser
The article is not neutral in its phrasing, but the content is correct. You'll find other sources if you look around.
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I guess that's why the modded YouTube app on my webOS TV stopped working today.
👀 I see that Satisfactory coffee cup
No, it doesn't. I have neither seen a block, nor have I seen ads. Is that a Windows-only problem then?
Can't say I've seen anything yet, just hope my ad-blocker holds steady
A lot of people here hate brave but so far I’ve been able to block YouTube ads with brave with no issue whatsoever.
I installed an invidious extension on firefox that auto redirects all youtube links. I recommend it.
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Nope ... at least not mine (adblock+)
Meanwhile here I am with a YouTube premium account that they don't charge me for
Back when YouTube red/premium came out. I was big into vulnerability/pen testing, and I used several scripts and spoofing techniques to try to get it for free. I failed and failed and failed. But then after I had given up. I decided to just watch some YouTube videos, and realized it said I had premium. And then I checked on the YouTube app, I had premium there too.
Years and years have gone by. I still have YouTube red/premium for free. They have never charged me. And I even had support transfer the YouTube red/premium to a new email at one point. Not ONE question. It says active and a price. But, I'm never charged. And the card that is on file, isn't even active anymore and hasn't been for about 2 years.
My theory is, one or several of my attempts combined with each other to get it for free. Glitched their system somehow or straight up allowed me to have it for free. But in terms of what I did. Whatever I did, I did everything again recently for my boyfriend, all the failed methods, everything again like I did for me. In the same exact order. Same error messages, same failed connection messages, same everything I went through. Didn't have hope for him, but. He goes on YouTube later that night, and has premium.
This got downvoted because two people were salty. This means, my comment literally made two people (at the time of writing) so upset that I have it and they don't. Wake up people, why do you let people you don't even know upset you? Especially when it doesn't effect you.