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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

As I have been transitioning more and more of my stuff to FOSS, it has become clear that the infrastructure to push shit on you is a huge problem in itself, even if you block and avoid it all.

The user experience benefit in performance alone makes it worth it for me. Even if we ignore eeeeeverything else, it’s so nice to have your computer just do what you ask it to do, and not triage your request with 50 other corporate priorities.

My favorite two recent examples are replacing Windows with Linux, and replacing Plex with Jellyfin.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nope. Any service that would ever do that is instantly a no-go. I’d stop using a smartphone before I’d put up with that.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

I hope this idea is patented by a patent troll who has no intention of licensing it out for a reasonable cost...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Stop giving them ideas.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was in Black Mirror years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

what's black mirror?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a British TV anthology series similar to The Twilight Zone, but most of the episodes are about technologic dystopias

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Specifically the season 1 episode "15 Million Merits". One of my favourites.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It's what happens when you scorch glass without shattering it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They've already had this one, I guarantee it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's when I'd put my "smart" phone in the toaster and go dust off the Nokia 3310

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ya im not using ANY device that does this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Next it'll be the NoeyePhone,, sold without the eye contact-tracking hardware.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

We will just have sketchy apps we download happily that trick the phone into thinking we are looking, further bloating them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is where you write a companion app to load the ad in a separate instance while feeding it false camera input data and continue watching in peace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I love that idea

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No ads, no masters.

There's never been a worthwhile server with unskippable or unblockable ads.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is exactly why I stopped watching Twitch. It was the only service I tolerated ads on. Until they hit a point where the frequency and number of ads were just unbearable and I haven't opened the site since.

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

Why not just use an adblock?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Doesn’t work on Twitch; They embed the ads directly in the stream. If you block the ads, you also block the stream.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Look up Twitch Ad Solutions, there's a github page where you can find a couple different options. The Alternate Twitch player another commentor mentioned is what I use because I like the adjustable chat and auto-collect bits feature

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, is that right? I basically only watch 1 channel and I'm subbed, so I guess I just never noticed... I tried to get an ad on Twitch for the past 30 minutes watching several streamers though and didn't get a single one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Alternate Player for Twitch on firefox makes the stream load for a few seconds and makes it a little pixelated for a few seconds, but I've never seen an ad on it, and the feed is nearly continuous.

Twitch adblocking could use a few more solutions, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ad block software doesn't work on Twitch anymore because they embed the ads directly into the stream.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like one person uses them responsibly, like specifically for bathroom breaks, forces them at specific times so people don't miss out on content.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Twitch also requires you to do a certain number of ads per hour/amount of ad time per hour in order to hit the partnership levels for decent pay. Otherwise, IIRC, Twitch puts their own ads in and the streamer doesn't receive any revenue from the ads.

I think Thor over at Pirate Software did a video on it back when that whole "Twitch Adpocalypse" drama was happening.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Thor is the one person I was referencing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, the issue is that if you don’t run ads, Twitch will just put their own in before your stream starts. And this absolutely kills any sort of discoverability for your channel; If new viewers have to watch 90 seconds of ads before they can even see your stream, they’ll just bail.

So for the sake of growing your channel, it’s actually better to run ads. Because then your viewers aren’t immediately blasted by a ton of unskippable ads as soon as they start your stream.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

How cute of them to think that they'll have access to camera or that I got a camera in the first place

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Well, that's certainly one way to reduce our screen time. I've got shelves of neglected books that need attention.

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