Yeah its a new one (or at least new to me).

My last bastions of Google are:

1. Email. Its rock solid stable, but I know they are using it to mine data. This is a good service…but im still looking at proton at some point to make the switch. Or coming up with a solution myself.
2. Maps. Maps is also another really good service they give out for free. I have tried a huge number of alternatives, but still have no real alternative. OSM+ is the closest and works really well in emergencies but its pretty terrible at searching for anything specific to get to.
3. Youtube. This is the one I think I can possibly remove at some point. Some creators have their videos on other sites so it might be a mishmash for a while. But the best ones dont. I might just get into audio-books or some other sort of entertainment. Peertube is also a great alternative. And throwing money at [email protected] might be better in the long run.

Ironically their search has taken a turn for the worse, so other sites are much better in my opinion.

I pay other sites for creators. So for me $$ isn’t the issue. Not when premium is less than 20.

The biggest issue with YouTube for me is that their ads are very intrusive/track quite a bit about what you do/can actually be malware. On addition, there’s a good chance that money is mostly going to YouTube and not the people creating their works. There’s a reason patreon is a thing for most successful creators. I also hate ads. I don’t hate people getting paid, I hate YouTube for shoving ads down my throat and then turning around not paying people their dues. And in my opinion the worst way possible.

yes

Heres a better article on the technology: https://adguard.com/en/blog/youtube-server-side-ad-insertion.html

It basically makes ad blockers as we use them not work by injecting the ads into the video itself. It will also make things like sponsor block/ublock origin/etc… not work. They are testing the waters as of now.

They are a good bunch.

Once server side ad blocking makes its way into mainstream, ad blocking I think will get interesting. Closer to the old ad blockers for cable television.

That’s neat looking.

Rockbox has worked really well

Post https://mstdn.social/@tilvids/113183671008515556

Yep here’s mine https://imgur.com/a/FS4d5e9

The plastic on the bottom that connects to the hinge is warped. If they put a tiny bit of metal like some dells it would help them.

I personally like the Miyoo Mini Plus (with onion). It’s such a good time to get into retro games with these consoles.

Nice thanks!

What’s the recipe? Looks great

I’m not seeing any ads on any computers today I think I may have been part of the ab testing. Fun times.

Just fyi, there plastic can be pretty bad. I have two of their laptops and they use very cheap plastic. Both have the hinges messed up. I can’t take them anywhere anymore.

Love popos and their desktops, but until they fix their laptops, I wouldn’t buy one of them again.

I’ll give it a shot. Thanks. It was strange yesterday nothing, today all ads.

How repairable is the phone?

I’m hoping the workers at least get paid. Its looking pretty dire.

RSS is still king when it comes to feeds. I know I just stumbled on: https://httpstatusdogs.com/ which is funny.