Right but also, turn on your sponsorblock.
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Got the extension. Love that Waterfox comes with it now by default else I wouldn’t have known about it.
Why people would watch vanilla YouTube without a privacy front like invidious, newpipe or SmartTube is beyond me. No ads, no algorithm, sponsorblock, no click bait thumbnails and convenient download options
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That is why I self-host https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped ; it is a bit of work to setup, especially because you need a SSL certificate. But man that thing is fast.
But you can also just play the video in mpv.
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Heat heat.
Part of the loading process now. Sometimes I'll open a video at work and be reminded how having adblocking isn't a default thing.
Please remember where this road leads: DRM. Law, not technology. We need to prepare our collective infrastructure for that eventuality now while we still can.
I use vanced and uBlock Origin, but I do also pay for YouTube. I watch more YouTube than anything, and I'm okay paying for it.
But I still use Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin, ad nauseum (really cool if you want to fuck with the algorithms on the stuff that gets through), etc.
i just use freetube and newpipe
I just have to make sure to be a bit patient and not hit play the second i can - if i wait until the video controls are loaded and use those, i never had any "interruption" except of that laughable popup
On mobile i use grayjay, and this reminded me that i gotta test the new desktop versions.
I just started copying and pasting everything into invidious