Hey everyone,

since YouTube started annoying us with their “disable ad blocker” thing, I managed to get rid of it by uBlock Origin and a Tampermonkey script. Yet, the stupid popup is back. To everyone who’s gotten rid of it until now: What did you do? Can you point me to the resources you used? It’s annoying!

  • @LemoineFairclough
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    2 months ago

    You don’t like a compiled app differently from source code due to it not being FOSS. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say you would prefer the compilation process to be more easily verifiable for you.

    Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified or not, to everyone free of charge.

    I expect this discussion is regarding apps like LibreTube, the license of which is “GNU General Public License v3.0 or later” and is available free of charge.

    The GNU General Public License grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified or not, to everyone free of charge:

    Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensors, to run, modify and propagate that work, subject to this License.

    The GNU General Public License can be applied to programs:

    You can apply it to your programs, too.

    An app (that is compiled) is a program:

    An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.

    Therefore, a compiled app with the GNU General Public License applied is FOSS.

    • TigrisMorte
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      -22 months ago

      I stated no such thing and a compiled app can only be assumed FOSS, unless you inspected the code prior to compile, there is no way to know for certain what is in it, only what it does.

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        2 months ago

        Do you like a compiled app differently from source code used to generate it? Your previous reply made it seem that is true.

        Am I incorrect in thinking that a compiled app can be assumed FOSS when the text “License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later” is on the page I use to install it, along with a link to https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html

        • TigrisMorte
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          -12 months ago

          My likes and dislikes were never discussed in any way. Your entire premise is disingenuous. Assumption does not make something so.

          • @LemoineFairclough
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            12 months ago

            I don’t think you answered my questions.

            I started discussing your likes and dislikes, as an Internet forum is for conversation. How you choose to engage in that conversation is your choice, but it doesn’t mean a conversation isn’t happening.

            The reason replied to you is that I wanted to rebut statements that I consider to be incorrect, and to save other people from taking time to do that and from seeing your comment go unanswered. I don’t really care about your replies other than to accomplish those goals. You may perceive that as being disingenuous (though I suspect your behavior is more related to the fact I have disagreements with you, or some preexisting inclination), but I don’t really care about that.

            Assumptions do change people’s behavior, probably in many significant ways every day: “it doesn’t have to be fact to cause people to act”. Perhaps you should spend more time expressing your opinions in a compelling way so that people have more knowledge, and therefore don’t need to hold as many assumptions.

            • TigrisMorte
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              12 months ago

              the thread is about as blockers. The post I commented to was about learning scripts or trusting a compiled App. My comment was “easy is a trap”. So, no, none of you premise is remotely relevant. My opinion, that you are trusting and not safe when using a compiled app. was the only point I made, the only point I tried to make, and at no point did I make any effort whatsoever to change people’s habits. So, kindly keep your assumptions and insistence upon people playing your idiotic game to yourself.

              • @LemoineFairclough
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                12 months ago

                If you’re not trying to change other people’s behavior, what are you doing?

                Finding sources you can trust is helpful. For example, I trust the ArchWiki and POSIX.1-2017, and I follow instructions I find there, which helps me accomplish things without having to spend time thinking about the rationale of those instructions (since the instructions have probably been independently reviewed many times, and if there was something wrong with them I’d probably have heard about that). It would probably also be helpful to be able to trust instructions at https://libretube.dev/ for similar reasons.

                I don’t think keeping my thoughts to myself is a good idea, since I don’t want other people to disrupt my life (unintentionally or intentionally), and giving notice about how I want to spend my life is helpful.

                I do think my comments are helpful (and that helpfulness is relevant). If I didn’t think that I wouldn’t be commenting.

                • TigrisMorte
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                  12 months ago

                  I am informing that others may make educated decisions and not assume security where none is present. Kindly limit yourself and not others.