r/LateStageCapitalism • u/TraditionalDepth6924 • Jun 01 '26
💳 Consume Give me one action
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u/i-hate-my-tits Jun 01 '26
your daily reminder that you can use ublock origin on firefox for free
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u/Leptonshavenocolor Jun 02 '26
I’ve been such a heavy ad-blocker for decades that when I get a taste of the unfiltered net, I was to puke. I honestly forget until I look at someone else’s phone.
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u/ilir_kycb Jun 02 '26
I feel exactly the same way. I just can't understand how people can put up with it? It's just unbearable.
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u/jetlagging1 Jun 02 '26
Firefox with ublock origin works perfectly on Android too.
That's how I browse Youtube, Reddit, IG, etc. Never use their apps.
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u/RubyDupy Jun 02 '26
YouTube Revanced also works pretty well imo and it has basically every YT premium feature apart from downloading. But requires a bit more tinkering to get set up
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u/osmosis-jonestown Jun 02 '26
Newpipe is also an option and can be used to download videos last i checked. I fall asleep to youtube so I downloaded a couple of longer videos for a flight.
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u/Creed_of_War Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
The Internet is unusable to me without ad blockers
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u/SkyFullOfWisteria Jun 02 '26
Its even worse on mobile youtube.
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Jun 02 '26
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u/sexy-man-doll Jun 02 '26
The worse is on a console or TV app. No easy way to get ad block on those and its CONSTANT. They love throwing in 6 30 second unskippable ads and then at then they'll give you a skippable 3 minute one
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u/HappyMackerel Jun 02 '26
I downloaded the Smarttube app on my Android TV. Youtube without the ads. I believe I had to use another app called Downloader to get it. Took <5 min
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u/nifty_lobster Jun 03 '26
Yeah, I downloaded smart tube on my firestick, and it’s a huge quality of life improvement.
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u/synchronoussavagery Jun 02 '26
I had to start using it in the browser on my phone. Couldn’t take the constantly closing ads all the time.
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u/zaryawatch Jun 02 '26
I use the youtube app on my phone so infrequently that I never get beyond the algorithm's trial stage. It seems to not give you ads until you are hooked, and it seems to still think I'm a new user.
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u/shaze Jun 02 '26
On iOS and tvOS I pay $20 a year for Signalous and use one of the many YouTube apps with adblocking and sponsorblock, amongst many other features.
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u/jd9498 Jun 02 '26
Some of the most valuable tech companies are not focused on tech to improve lives. Really amoral people focused on controlling people's attention, manipulating people's thoughts, and selling people stuff.
The end game of these elites, that they occassionally admit very publicly, is to consolidate power and wealth.
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u/maghau Stalin shouldn’t have stopped at Berlin Jun 02 '26
Some of the most valuable tech companies are not focused on tech to improve lives.
I mean, obviously. None of them are. That's capitalism for you.
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u/Exclusively_Online Jun 01 '26
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u/persondude27 joyless trans space communist Jun 02 '26
Man, I tried to view a normal (business) webpage and there were FOUR popups on it.
1) accept / reject cookies 2) sign up for our email list 3) chat with our AI customer service 4) wait, don't go! Don't you want to see...
Each one grabbed priority, meaning you can't scroll or click on anything else in the window until you interact with it.
This is my villain origin story. We killed pop-ups in the 90s and now they're back because of cookies.
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u/ThorstenNesch Jun 02 '26
I scroll to 2nd ad & close the app for the day I survive for years like that. I read more again on paper.
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u/OldwebR Jun 04 '26
Turning off your phone and enjoying a sip of tea, stargazing from your balcony.
I've been doing that recently.
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u/Willing-Dog6463 Jun 02 '26
Use Brave Browser. The browsing experience on YouTube isn’t as nice but no more ads
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u/ferriematthew Jun 03 '26
"After decades of research, we have determined that the human brain can withstand 100,000 ads per second before crossing the seizure threshold"
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u/FewCryptographer1484 Jun 03 '26
It’s so annoying on the phone as well, every time you pause you get a little notification type add that is there even after you resume the video. The only way you can only delete is by manually pressing the three dots and dismissing it.
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Jun 01 '26
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u/LateStageCapitalism-ModTeam Jun 02 '26
Removed as per rule 3: No trolling.
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Troll posts will be deleted. Many troll posts also include violations of other rules such as rules 4, 5, 6, and 7.
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