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It deserves mentioning that Firefox on Android supports extensions, so if you uninstall/disable the official YouTube app then add uBlock Origin and Sponsorblock you get a more tolerable experience.
Can also use Vinegar (for YouTube) and Baking Soda (for basically every other site with videos) with Safari on iOS. It’s not a perfect solution, but it at least revamps Safari’s built-in video player so watching in the browser is actually tolerable.
How long until YouTube blocks Firefox?
They can try. It won't work.
Anti-trust lawyers are rubbing their hands in anticipation.
There's only 34 million uBlock Origin users on Chrome? So, billions are using Chrome without any ad-blockers? That's crazy and unsafe
Lemmy has a really biased idea of what the average computer user can do. Imagine Janet in accounting, who calls help desk to reset her password every morning, and takes 30 minutes to remember how to check her email. Or the late GenZ just entering the workforce, who was surprised that their desktop wasn’t a touchscreen, and doesn’t know how a file structure works, because literally every device they’ve used growing up has been either a tablet or a Chromebook. That’s the average user.
There are also loads of people using Edge.
A lot of them don't know the difference between ab, abp ublock and ublock origin
Most users are fucking idiots and will continue to raw-dog the internet while visiting the most malicious sites possible.
I feel like you've worked helpdesk at some point.
Worked IT. Can confirm.
