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YouTube once again ahead of uBO on Firefox; fiddling with the extension settings not working this time and DDG search is useless ... anyone got ideas? (beehaw.org)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Pretty much the subject line. uBO has successfully blocked the nag screen enough times that I can't play anything at this point. No preview loads, and the play button serves no function. I'd really prefer not to have to find content on YT, copy the URL and use Piped/Invidious, but this ongoing escalation is steeling my resolve to screw Google.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Its just not that you want to pay a company that sold your data and stuffed ads down your throat. Like, at all. Will they still track you using Premium? I am totally certain.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Google doesn't sell user data. They sell advertising space and use that data for targeted advertising.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've bought genuinely useful stuff from targeted ads. I'm the problem.