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Modder, programmer, and all around tinkerer. Yes, I’m that New Vegas and Deus Ex guy.

You can also find me over at lemmy.sdf.org under the same username.

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yukichigai , to technology in YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers
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I commented elsewhere, but the headline was referencing an 80% rise in uninstalls during the month, but the article itself revealed that there was a matching rise in installs during that same month. In other words it was people uninstalling their old adblockers and installing a new one, cycling through them to find one that worked.

yukichigai , to technology in YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers
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The content creators get paid the exact same whether I skip the sponsor segment or not. YouTube doesn't track that, or not in a way they share with anyone else at any rate. Sponsors aren't going to pay the content creators less due to skips since they literally cannot see who skips the segment.

In other words, it doesn't hurt the content creator in the slightest.

yukichigai , to technology in YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers
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Sponsors don't pay the creator less if you skip the sponsor segment. That's not tracked, at least not in a way that google will share with the creator or anyone else. If that changes someday, sure, you have a point. For now skipping the sponsor segment is as harmless as skipping through the commercials on TV.

yukichigai , to technology in YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers
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That article was full of such blatantly misleading crap. Headline talks about record number of adblocker uninstalls, but the actual data says it was an uptick in both installs and uninstalls. In other words it was people cycling through different adblockers trying to find one that still worked.

yukichigai , to asklemmy in If LED bulbs are supposed to last for 10 years, why do I still need to replace them every 9 months?
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Cheaper bulbs, definitely. I had a corner display cabinet I tried to switch over to using an LED bulb; the compartment for the bulb was nearly sealed and also lined with reflective materials, so the exterior got hotter to the touch than it ever did with an incandescent bulb. Damn thing started flickering and malfunctioning a few months in. Tried another LED bulb and the same thing happened only on a slightly longer time frame. Finally just gave up and went back to an incandescent bulb.

yukichigai , to fediverse in Lemmy posts are starting to pop up on search results with Google (+ other search engines)
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Swag. The more we show up in search, the more people will be asking "what the heck is Lemmy?" Some of 'em will join.

Well then. Here. We. Go.

yukichigai , to technology in Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM
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Various state and federal accessibility laws would've made that a very questionable decision for a lot of industries. Given that it would cost money simply to get programmers to implement and might lead to more costs from legal challenges I suspect a lot of sites like banks and the like would've avoided it.

Now when it comes to basically any news site, entertainment service, social media, online store, or anything else that makes extra money on ads and harvesting user data? Oh yeah, they'd implement it in a heartbeat.

yukichigai , to memes in Kitchen when Dad cook
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Ahh yes, the Perfect One-Pot, Six-Pan, 10-Wok, 25-Baking Sheet Dinner.

yukichigai , to asklemmy in What tv show had a big impact on you?
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It's fair (from a personal taste standpoint) to say BBT isn't funny; it's not fair to say it's inaccurate. Damn if the higher sciences and a bunch of academia aren't rife with people like that.

Personally I find it amusing all the same, but I get why my Mother the PHD finds it mostly tedious.

yukichigai , to technology in YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet
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Because this isn't just about "making anything in return" any more than neo-Nazis are booted from platforms "just for having different opinions." More people are using adblockers on YouTube because YouTube isn't simply displaying commercial advertisements, they're pushing "ads" for scams, malware, and all manner of heinous and/or sketchy content. Even separate of that, the frequency of ads and the presence of minutes-long ads you need to manually skip have made watching content difficult and unpleasant, if not unworkable. Adblocker usage is as much about restoring functionality to the site as anything.

All of these issues have been raised with YouTube, but rather than address the complaints by adjusting how ads are selected and served they've decided the only solution is for you to pay them monthly, not just a few bucks but as much as (or more than) the major video streaming services. All of this for content they do not make, at a price point far beyond what they need to be profitable. It's greed for the sake of greed, pure and simple.

yukichigai , to news in Vaccine data shows rates for latest COVID-19 booster is 'abysmal', only 7 percent of U.S. adults with shot
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TBH I didn't know everyone was eligible for the latest booster. My in-laws got it early but they're both at-risk.

I should go do that.

yukichigai , to news in Vaccine data shows rates for latest COVID-19 booster is 'abysmal', only 7 percent of U.S. adults with shot
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Specifically it's called Survivorship Bias.

yukichigai , to news in Kanye West to Jewish Adidas employee: 'Kiss a picture of Hitler every day'
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1st Amendment makes it impossible to criminalize hate speech by itself. Violent hate speech, sure. Calls for racially motivated cleansing, sure. Just saying "<insert race here> is evil and worthless" is unambiguously protected. Unfortunately.

yukichigai , to piracy in RANT: I hate the fact that my ISP can restrict access to certain sites
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OpenDNS used to do that. Caused a lot of unexpected problems, enough that I stopped using it entirely. I'm still hesitant to even though they've stopped doing it.

yukichigai , (edited ) to piracy in RANT: I hate the fact that my ISP can restrict access to certain sites
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As your typical American I can only read English, what do those "news" ads say, roughly? Tinfoil hat nuttery? Increase your Pen-One-Five size?

Either way that's still pretty bad. And there are video popups? Jeez. I'm guessing you either don't have much choice in ISPs or the other options are even worse somehow. My sympathies. Also thanks for sharing.

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