JustARegularNerd @ JustARegularNerd @aussie.zone

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My sister found that it outright blocks her. She is signed in.

^{But she also found that the player loads a split second before the message so if you full screen the player before the message you're good and can keep on watching away with no ads..}

I'm in the same boat whether on Windows, macOS, Linux or Android. But my sister, in the same household, also using uBO on FF, has been getting the message constantly

From my own experience, I've also seen it on price checkers (Kmart Australia), navigation devices (Navman GPS units) and older Clarion head units.

I respectfully disagree. Based on what you've said, it sounds like you've asked your friend multiple times to use something else, and there's a chance they're trying to be respectful to you by politely declining to hear more suggestions.

I've been on both ends of this, I've been pushed to look at games I could've been interested in but just didn't feel like giving a novel back to my friend as to why I'm not going to buy it, and I've tried to push friends onto Linux and that ultimately resulted in them getting pissed off with me.

It took me a while to realize, there is no wrong operating system to use, there is no wrong social platform to use. People are willing to try new things, but at their own pace and if they can see that there's an easy transition, but it's more than that.

I used to think the more people I get onto Linux, the more I'm doing my part for the market share and in turn the software gets better for me and for them, but what I failed to realize is that I was no different to a Jehovah's Witness, and I certainly came off as annoying as them to my friends. I don't care what they use now, but if they're ever interested in help on something that I'd love for them to use, I gladly help them and answer any questions they have, and so far, that's worked better anyway.

I just fear that you're going down the same path I did. I fear your friend isn't copping out of wanting ads, Chrome, iOS, etc. They just want to avoid a confrontation with you.

Someone who uses Apple products chiming in, you're right on. I have a magic keyboard which I occasionally use with my iMac (although I've been using Logitech's peripherals more recently and been extremely happy) and if I put the politics of it all beside me, I don't care. I'll just grab my lightning cable to charge up my keyboard once a month.

I was gobsmacked last week to see my colleague open a brand new Amazon Dot thing ($20AUD smart speaker) and see it with a barrel jack. Really?

Maybe I'm looking into this too far, but I think if someone's happy to have things the way they like them (ads, Chrome, etc.) and clearly doesn't want to elaborate on it, they have every right to not elaborate further.

Let them find it their own way. Or maybe they won't, but it's their choice to make.

I take it that it'll also come as a security update for older versions of iOS like 15?

I'll second the other comment suggesting KeePass, but the biggest issue I had with it was syncing the database across devices. Ultimately I stored it in OneDrive, but it occurred to me that at that point it wasn't much different to a cloud password manager, which I especially didn't trust.

I now self host a Vaultwarden instance from my Raspberry Pi, and that works perfectly for me, but it does require a bit of Linux experience and a spare device to run the server.

I think the free version basically removed the ability to pick the exact song you want to play,there was a headline on here a couple days ago like "Spotify reinvents the radio" but in general Redditor fashion, I didn't read past the headline.

I still have a LaserJet 2200 and it will be pried from my cold dead hands. The plastic has gone brittle on some spots of it, and the front manual feed cover has long broken but it still dutifully works.

Dad, what are you doing on the internet again?

Hopefully not a stupid question: would this affect butane stoves, like the ones you use to go camping?

Well I think you'll never be pleased with a platform like this, and you're probably not the target audience.

Yeah that's totally fair enough and I can totally see that.

For me personally, even when it's to my detriment, I intentionally go out of my way to use Firefox because other than Safari, it's the last major independent browser engine and I want to be at least one user of it, if it helps keep it relevant. That being said, I feel that Firefox might become more relevant and arguably already has because of crap like this.

I think there's no tenable solution unfortunately, but for me personally, as a viewer, I'd be happy to watch a single start video ad if I knew a half decent proportion went to the creator.

But with the way YouTube is to the creators, how unfair and unbalanced they are with copyright, the clear vision that they're not doing things for the people but for corporate (removal of dislike count), I have no guilt continuing to block ads and essentially give the finger to the platform.

Once all the major creators I watch move to a better platform, I'd be rid of YouTube entirely in my life and I hope that's what happens on a major scale.

I used to be a KeePass user, but moved away because I was ultimately syncing the database using OneDrive, which I felt at that point it was a cloud password manager, which I didn't like for being open to the internet and entrusting the security of the company hosting it.

And yes, I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden with Tailscale and haven't looked back.

There is ThumbKey on F-Droid that, if you get good at the layout, I imagine would be ideal for that phone.

Oh my gosh. I have been trying to figure this issue out with my docker containers for months. If this is the fix, THANK YOU.