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Likewise, Dearrow is also a must have to kill the horrible clickbait YouTube incentivizes. https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://dearrow.ajay.app/
Thank you _so_ much for that recommendation. I've been so frustrated that even authors I like have started to create clickbait.
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With the family plan, the cost calculation is very different Blocking ads can be viewed as theft from the creators and many creators do see it this way
> Blocking ads can be viewed as theft from the creators and many creators do see it this way And nobody should care.
I use individious because the current youtube frontend is bloated and slow on firefox. Maybe they should focus on improving their frontend instead of blocking frontends that other people prefer.
YouTube is borderline unusable now. For the last 6 months when I browse to YT - on any device - I get a blank page (no suggested content) with a decoy search box in the center of the page. When I click it, focus moves from the decoy to a second, real search box which unfurls at the top, but the cursor does not move and requires a subsequent click. This means on mobile I have to tap twice - in two different locations…
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Firefox users represent a very small portion of the user-base. Also it's in their interest to nudge you towards chrome, no? Among minority market-share browsers Safari gets more attention because the users are wealthier -> ad impressions can be sold for more.
Safari users are not necessarily wealthier than Firefox users. Apple skews more mainstream and Firefox skews more techies.
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> Blocking ads can be viewed as theft from the creators and many creators do see it this way And nobody should care.
If no one is supporting them they won't exist.
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Paying for YT premium is even better. No ads and you support the content creators
I used YT premium until I realized I was still getting ads from the videos themselves.
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Safari users are not necessarily wealthier than Firefox users. Apple skews more mainstream and Firefox skews more techies.
Apple users are likes AOL users of yesteryear. Firefox users are like freenet users. AOL users have more money but are less techie. Firefox users are more techie but broke.
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Yes, and it supports Sponsor Block, to skip promotions built into the videos, like those annoying VPN sponsorships.
Well that explains it doesn't it?