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WildEnte

WildEnte (@WildEnte@social.vivaldi.net)

Föderation EN Do 25.04.2024 12:42:29

Yey YouTube ads!

What @Vivaldi don't say in their release blog post of version 6.7 today: if you use the updated Vivaldi Feed Reader to watch subscribed youtube channel videos, you don't get to see any ads. Not sure how long this will work until Google shuts shuts this circumvention down, but right now if you're sick and tired of youtube ads, just use Vivaldi's feed reader (it's a great browser/mail program for everything else anyway)

youtube.com/watch?v=E00sqFtAir

Note that if you do that, you may want to consider other ways to support the folks who produce the videos, (which is generally the case with adblocking. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Make sure that people who create things you enjoy get something in return).

Trit’

Trit’ (@TritTriton@shelter.moe)

Föderation EN Do 25.04.2024 13:39:13

@WildEnte @Vivaldi It’s paradoxal, but I think that this kind of things is best to stay unknown. As they say: to live happy, let’s live hidden (litteral translation of a French proverb).

WildEnte

WildEnte (@WildEnte@social.vivaldi.net)

Föderation EN Do 25.04.2024 14:01:22

@TritTriton @Vivaldi hidden is not the same as unknown. Can you keep a secret? Oh and thanks for the boost (c:=

Andrea Lazzarotto

Andrea Lazzarotto (@lazza@mastodon.social)

Föderation EN Do 25.04.2024 14:40:03

@WildEnte @Vivaldi ads should not show up on the YouTube website as well, at least this is the case when using uBlock Origin.

Or, people might also want to use an alternative frontend, such as Invidious.