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Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by justsomehnguy »

nfriedly wrote: post #37
justsomehnguy wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's in a docker image on my file server At this point you could|should run a proper mailsever with fetchmail. I'm running [0] specifically as a local archive solution. Now that can be accessed by Thunderbird. docker.io/mailserver/docker-mailserver

Interesting, I might try that. Your link seems to be broken, though - is this the right one? https://hub.docker.com/r/mailserver/docker-mailserver

Duh, I just copied image name from the docker-compose.yaml *grin*

But yeh, this one.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by Zetice »

scohesc wrote: post #32

My terminology may be wrong, but I would assume these ad-blockers are great until streaming platforms catch up and embed ads directly into the video stream. Twitch is getting close to that. They directly inject video ads into streams at random times causing you to miss parts of streams. uBlock Origin seemed to have a way around that with some extra setup but it's only a matter of time before it's completely transpare…

The silver lining of the current state of embedding the ads into the video itself at least is the creator makes the deal directly with the advertiser, rather than through YouTube.

But you're suggesting that YouTube alter the video to insert the ads, which wouldn't be the same thing. IDK how that would scale (processing uploaded videos seems to take a while still on YouTube, and splicing video in a way that gives YT the continued control over dynamically displaying targeted ads could be a Hard Problem), but if anyone can figure that out, it'd be YT.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by Defman »

loco5niner wrote: post #54
scohesc wrote: post #32

My terminology may be wrong, but I would assume these ad-blockers are great until streaming platforms catch up and embed ads directly into the video stream. Twitch is getting close to that. They directly inject video ads into streams at random times causing you to miss parts of streams. uBlock Origin seemed to have a way around that with some extra setup but it's only a matter of time before it's completely transpare…

Youtubers I follow are doing just that.

Have a look at SponsorBlock. It automatically skips this kind of ads as long as someone contributed the time stamps.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by dlisboa »

danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.

I’m often amazed at how people I know, full internet “power users”, don’t use it and complain about ads. I have never seen an ad in years, not on YouTube or wherever. How do people who build web stuff daily not know about adblocks? It’s so weird to me.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by rpastuszak »

scohesc wrote: post #32

My terminology may be wrong, but I would assume these ad-blockers are great until streaming platforms catch up and embed ads directly into the video stream. Twitch is getting close to that. They directly inject video ads into streams at random times causing you to miss parts of streams. uBlock Origin seemed to have a way around that with some extra setup but it's only a matter of time before it's completely transpare…

My half-serious and half-assed attempt at solving a similar problem: make a bot watch the video for you first, then skip the crap.

https://butter.sonnet.io

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by Taywee »

nfriedly wrote: post #37
justsomehnguy wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's in a docker image on my file server At this point you could|should run a proper mailsever with fetchmail. I'm running [0] specifically as a local archive solution. Now that can be accessed by Thunderbird. docker.io/mailserver/docker-mailserver

Interesting, I might try that. Your link seems to be broken, though - is this the right one? https://hub.docker.com/r/mailserver/docker-mailserver

It's not a link, it's the image name that you'd directly use from docker or podman. And yes, that's the same one.

One of the things I found so confusing about docker at first was how much information you could leave out of your image reference and docker would assume the rest. I'd prefer if it only assumed localhost, and never automatically assumed any remote registry. There's really no reason for docker.io to be special.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by constantcrying »

scohesc wrote: post #32

My terminology may be wrong, but I would assume these ad-blockers are great until streaming platforms catch up and embed ads directly into the video stream. Twitch is getting close to that. They directly inject video ads into streams at random times causing you to miss parts of streams. uBlock Origin seemed to have a way around that with some extra setup but it's only a matter of time before it's completely transpare…

There is "Sponsorblock" for YouTube, which allows you to skip over adds which are part of the video.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by kulahan »

Night_Thastus wrote: post #41
danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.

When reading, I often scroll up and down, and those annoying banners that appear only when you scroll up drive me mad. I hit em with the 'ol uBlock zap and they go away. So much nicer.

I've used it to block nearly every notification icon I can find. I now check things on my schedule. Surprisingly helpful.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by RankingMember »

dlisboa wrote: post #64
danielwmayer wrote: post #28

Ublock is without a doubt the most valuabe chrome extension. Most people underutilize it as a way of filtering “legitimate portions” of websites as well. For example, I used it to filer out all recommended content from youtube, as well as comments. My youtube is merely a search bar and the video I wanted to watch, nothing more.

I’m often amazed at how people I know, full internet “power users”, don’t use it and complain about ads. I have never seen an ad in years, not on YouTube or wherever. How do people who build web stuff daily not know about adblocks? It’s so weird to me.

I think it's sort of a vicious cycle too- because the number of impressions goes down from all the adblocking, the users not running adblock get even more ads to the point of absurdity (see: local news sites) as tech companies try to make up the difference.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.50.0

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Post by bj-rn »

scohesc wrote: post #32

My terminology may be wrong, but I would assume these ad-blockers are great until streaming platforms catch up and embed ads directly into the video stream. Twitch is getting close to that. They directly inject video ads into streams at random times causing you to miss parts of streams. uBlock Origin seemed to have a way around that with some extra setup but it's only a matter of time before it's completely transpare…

There is also sponsorblock (at least for YT):

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock

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