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"Return YouTube Dislike" Chrome Extension Injecting Ads

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Re: "Return YouTube Dislike" Chrome Extension Injecting Ads

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Post by sieep »

snug wrote: post #4
sieep wrote: post #3

Thanks for sharing. I haven't noticed anything on the Firefox extension under the same name. ublock may be stopping it. I can investigate and post what I find here in a few hours.

I also have uBlock as well, and it didn't catch it for me

Did you just begin noticing this today?

Re: "Return YouTube Dislike" Chrome Extension Injecting Ads

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Post by snug »

Update from the dev:

> Unfortunately the extension requires quite a large database (~15TB) - and it costs money.

> The ad\changelog was supposed to show only on browser restart - i.e. be much less intrusive

> The idea behind paid features was also to cover the costs (since donations became smaller than the hosting costs).

> I messed up with implementation though.

> Sorry.

I do feel for the developer, and I am not anti asking for donations, and the full page pop up on browser restart I don't think is terrible, but it would have been better to maybe have a changelog and have a donation button. The ads injected directly into youtube make me lose a lot of trust

Re: "Return YouTube Dislike" Chrome Extension Injecting Ads

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Post by ekjhgkejhgk »

snug wrote: post #7

Update from the dev: > Unfortunately the extension requires quite a large database (~15TB) - and it costs money. > The ad\changelog was supposed to show only on browser restart - i.e. be much less intrusive > The idea behind paid features was also to cover the costs (since donations became smaller than the hosting costs). > I messed up with implementation though. > Sorry. I do feel for the developer, and I am not ant…

I don't feel for the developer. If donations is smaller than hosting costs, just stop putting time into it. It's a stupid gimmick anyway.

Re: "Return YouTube Dislike" Chrome Extension Injecting Ads

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Post by busymom0 »

snug wrote: post #7

Update from the dev: > Unfortunately the extension requires quite a large database (~15TB) - and it costs money. > The ad\changelog was supposed to show only on browser restart - i.e. be much less intrusive > The idea behind paid features was also to cover the costs (since donations became smaller than the hosting costs). > I messed up with implementation though. > Sorry. I do feel for the developer, and I am not ant…

> the extension requires quite a large database (~15TB)

Maybe I am missing something but how does a database which just needs to store video ID and a number become 15TB in size?

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