When mindlessly browsing Reddit, I found that I usually just jump directly to the comments, read a couple, and continue. Lemmy seems a bit more curated (read: smaller), and therefore it’s easier to actually engage in discussions, which leads me to read the article, think critically about it, and respond (if I have something to say) in the comments–bigger is not always better!

  • anguoEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    I’m with you on the YouTube thing, but you seriously should consider investing some time on getting those ads blocked.

    • CountVonEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      Also SponsorBlock! Watching a video on Youtube is much nicer when you don’t have to manually scrub through the interminable VPN sales pitch.

      • 108beads@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        2 years ago

        Thank you; is there a way to get this to work on the Android Toob app?

        • CountVonEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          You mean the official Youtube app? Almost certainly not, Google isn’t going to add that kind of functionality since it would give users a way to avoid ads as well. The SponsorBlock Firefox addon also doesn’t natively support Firefox mobile unfortunately. You might able to combine Firefox mobile, the Tampermonkey addon (which does support Firefox mobile) and a userscript sponsor blocker to get the same effect. I tested this briefly just now and it does seem to work, but it’s not something I use every because most of my video watching is on desktop.

    • 108beads@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      Yeah; I could cut and paste the url into NewPipe. But links seem to default to the Toob, and if I just want to get a quick glimpse to see if the material is worth my time, I can’t be bothered.

      • anguoEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’m fairly certain you can set NewPipe as the default app for YouTube links, I think I’ve done it in the past. I’m just using Firefox now though, not too big into YouTube videos.