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Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by SargeZT »

chris_mc wrote: post #34
mankash666 wrote: post #26

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Yes indeed. There era of entitlement is upon us - "unless CBS gives away all their free content without tracking and monetizing me, I'll illegally pirate their content - because in 2018 I'm entitled to CBS content without frills"

The problem is that there's no alternative to "free plus ads or tracking" for most services. If I could pay a reasonable fee for all the content and services I need, I'd do it. I can do it some places, but other things just aren't available.

That's not the case with CBS. You can absolutely pay for CBS All Access.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by zzzcpan »

tdb7893 wrote: post #53
pavel_lishin wrote: post #46

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> blocking ads will harm the industry Which industry?

It harms all the industries where the content is ad supported, which is the majority of the Internet right now. For just what I use every day Facebook, Spotify, Google, almost all news, Youtube, Reddit, and xkcd are all add supported. I get why people don't like ads but it's clearly how an absolutely massive portion of the modern Internet is monetized right now

I don't think anyone has a problem with ads per se, as long as there aren't that many of them, they are contextual, non-intrusive, non-tracking, etc. So the problem is more about not ads, but who is controlling what ads are acceptable and how they are displayed.

Imagine a web browser that doesn't let publishers decide how ads are displayed, where and how many of them. It can choose an acceptable ad format for the user, like textual non-tracking ads below the content, and if publishers want, they can use that format to put an ad here, but nowhere else. It will still permit a lot of ad supported content, but will remove all those ad surveillance capitalism incentives and clickbaity user engagement.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by prolikewh0a »

hfdgiutdryg wrote: post #5

Click the hamburger (3 vertical lines) in the top right corner of the screen I found it humorous that they simply call it 'the hamburger', and that they confused vertical with horizontal.

I always call it the hamburger menu, especially when doing tech support for everyone.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by yellowapple »

tdb7893 wrote: post #53
pavel_lishin wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> blocking ads will harm the industry Which industry?

It harms all the industries where the content is ad supported, which is the majority of the Internet right now. For just what I use every day Facebook, Spotify, Google, almost all news, Youtube, Reddit, and xkcd are all add supported. I get why people don't like ads but it's clearly how an absolutely massive portion of the modern Internet is monetized right now

> Spotify

Maybe I'm just a freak or something, but I've been pretty happy as a monthly-paying Spotify subscriber. It's not my impression that the ad-supported version of Spotify is the "core" product.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by EduardoBautista »

arghwhat wrote: post #44
LaPollaNegra wrote: post #30

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Indeed. People need to understand that blocking ads will harm the industry and doom the economy. I’d go as far as banning ad-block users completely from my website.

Great, then I can easily see that I do not wish to access your website! Ads should be blocked relentlessly until companies realize what reasonable, secure and tasteful ads look like, instead of the intrusive malware-ridden pile that interrupt our lives at the current time. Tracking, on the other hand, will never have a place in this world.

I mean, if you stop using their website wouldn't it be a good thing for bandwidth heavy sites like YouTube? It's kind of like a restaurant showing you the door and then saying "I didn't want to eat here anyways."

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by slater »

l0b0 wrote: post #56
gumby wrote: post #37

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I find this a good mechanism for determining which sites I don't care about.

Yep, browsing habits include: On medium.com or affiliated site: 40% chance of BS. Blank page with JS disabled: Built by people who would love 5 GB web pages; 80% chance of BS. "Please disable your ad blocker": Only people who love ads are real people; 90% chance of BS. "You seem to be offline." Built by idiots; 100% chance of BS.

"Re-enable tracking" 100% chance of ... CBS! :D

ducks rotten veg

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by HenryBemis »

amaccuish wrote: post #60
thinkingemote wrote: post #58

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Could you elaborate, I'm not sure what you are describing.

I.e. when a website just sticks pure text in in a page, no images, maybe just an for further info. Not HTML5 taking up 2/3s of the page, flashing and jumping about etc.

I am using Firefox with AdBlockPlus (older version that supports the -->), and one extra add-on called "Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus" [1]. This extra add-on doesn't block, but merely hides bits and pieces of the page. It mostly use it to cut-out/hide all "Related/Suggested" columns and tables, so when one article loads, I only see that on the page and nothing else.

[1]: https://adblockplus.org/en/elemhidehelper

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by acdha »

SargeZT wrote: post #61
chris_mc wrote: post #34

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The problem is that there's no alternative to "free plus ads or tracking" for most services. If I could pay a reasonable fee for all the content and services I need, I'd do it. I can do it some places, but other things just aren't available.

That's not the case with CBS. You can absolutely pay for CBS All Access.

Do they turn off the ads if you pay? Many sites don’t offer a no-ad option at any price.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by PyroLagus »

tdb7893 wrote: post #53
pavel_lishin wrote: post #46

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> blocking ads will harm the industry Which industry?

It harms all the industries where the content is ad supported, which is the majority of the Internet right now. For just what I use every day Facebook, Spotify, Google, almost all news, Youtube, Reddit, and xkcd are all add supported. I get why people don't like ads but it's clearly how an absolutely massive portion of the modern Internet is monetized right now

While I agree with your comment, I have to say that xkcd does not have ads.

Re: Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error

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Post by guy98238710 »

tdb7893 wrote: post #53
pavel_lishin wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> blocking ads will harm the industry Which industry?

It harms all the industries where the content is ad supported, which is the majority of the Internet right now. For just what I use every day Facebook, Spotify, Google, almost all news, Youtube, Reddit, and xkcd are all add supported. I get why people don't like ads but it's clearly how an absolutely massive portion of the modern Internet is monetized right now

> It harms all the industries where the content is ad supported

Nearly all content online is user-generated. The publishers simply rip off contributors, slap ads on their content, and sell the content back to the same public that created it.

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