For context, this popped up as I went to the youtube homepage. This is absurd. Of course, I have uBlock Origin, so it doesn’t matter to me regardless, but there’s no way to say no.
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No means no, Google.
NO IS NOT AN OPTION, DAVE.
Title a dialog “Your ads, your choice” and then don’t give a choice to say no. You’d think their marketing department would realize how awful this looks…
it time to use piped invidous or peertube fuck google
Can’t view nsfw marked videos in those anymore from my understanding.
Clippy wouldn’t do this
We need more push back. Ublock origin is not going to fix all of the anti consumer stuff companies are doing
Not a fan of clippy, but I saw a video explaining this and I fully agree.
That’s the point. Everyone hated clippy and that piece of shit was still miles better than the absolute cesspool we have to wade through every day now.
Duckduckgo browser ftw
Google: “Block ads you don’t like.”
Me: Blocks ad
Google: Ad blocked; 928749638174002 Ads Remaining
They’re giving you a false sense of control so you don’t feel the need to block ads at all.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984
Well look at that, George Orwell contains the letters G o o g l e
I started telling uBlock to zap any popup that tries to force me to agree to something
Click on the uBlock icon in your top toolbar. The lightning bolt (⚡) will “zap”, hiding the content until you refresh the page. The eyedropper operates almost the same way but a little more permanent.
Interesting, how did you do that?
Right click on the element => uB Block element…
If the block element menu option doesn’t show up, it can definitely be enabled in uB settings.
Tech bros and “no understanding of consent”, name a more iconic duo.
Meanwhile on my account:
“We’re not sure if you’re 18 or not, so we disabled some functionality like personalized ads”
Can’t tell you how to replicate it, because I’m not sure how I’ve ended up there in the first place
Block ads you don’t like
So i can block em all? Gr8
