thecoolowl

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[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use YouTube the most of all streaming services. Yet I don't understand why there isn't an affordable easy to use option, that includes no ads and a high CPM for creators.

My understanding is YouTube premium, doesn't highten the payout to creators, but rather just substitutes the dirt poor ad revenue per impression.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using NextDNS for a while now. It's great compared to VPN implementations like Blokada because it frees up your phone to use an actual VPN.

I've found PDNSQS for when I need to temporarily disable ad blocking, a really nice addition.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Free as in freedom. Not free beer.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You gotta admit, it's fun to meme the opposite camp. Whether you are a GUI or CLI person.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What is it with Lemmy and far-[left | right] politics...

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Things break in weird ways on Linux due to dependencies. Snap/Flatpak/AppImage has yet to show if it's enough to fix the issue.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They gathered as much data they could on dislikes before it was removed, so it also shows actual numbers on older videos.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curious, what's wrong with Spotify?

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been in the same boat, and ended up installing a lot of utils just to keep my sanity. I used this guy as a primary resource: https://youtu.be/cfsNO14hikA

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 26 points 1 year ago

Where I'm from, it's legal to download cracked games so long as you've bought it legitimately. Paying for games isn't a problem, it's treating everyone as suspects that bugs me.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like this has been happening for a few years. Maybe it's age, but I increasingly find better tech related content on HN.

[–] thecoolowl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

It's also part of what I want to avoid with something GUI-based/low maintenance.

 

Every single time I talk to my friends, whom also want an *arr/Plex/VPN/Home Assistant setup like I've got, I can see the fear in their eyes when I mention Debian, Docker, and the terminal. It could be a case of "git gud", but I want to help them out with a setup like this, but with as low friction as possible. Ideally something completely GUI based, and very low maintenance.

I know of unRAID, and Portainer, but does anyone have any experience in setting up something like this for people whose knowledge of self hosting and networking aren't as good as yours?

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