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I'm sure the FR tech community will have some interesting things to say on this.
1 posted on 11/22/2023 8:36:20 AM PST by Steely Tom
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YouTube has always been pretty good about their ad policy. I’ve noticed they’ve gotten somewhat sleazier in recent days. You can’t skip ads as much as you used to, and they now have longer “mandatory” (i.e. unskippable) ads.

Could be another indication of trouble at the Googleplex.


2 posted on 11/22/2023 8:39:04 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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The same viewer profiling technology that connects high-end content ads to high-end viewers can also be used to find large populations of easily scammable dummies.

Political implications here.


3 posted on 11/22/2023 8:40:44 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom
Some of you may know that YouTube has strongly cracked down on "ad blockers" in recent weeks.

Brave blocks as well as ever.
4 posted on 11/22/2023 8:41:28 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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Youtube won’t let me watch their videos on Google Chrome unless I disable my ad blocker or subscribe to their paid service. I can still get it on the Microsoft browser.


8 posted on 11/22/2023 9:08:30 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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I don’t know what ‘high-quality abstraction capability’ is, or why it means better web searches. Oy vey! Maybe I need to put that into ChatGPT to get an answer.


10 posted on 11/22/2023 9:45:23 AM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: Steely Tom

Get the free uBlock Orgin https://ublockorigin.com/
I have the shortcut on my Firefox toolbar. I can turn it on or off.
Ads are blocked at youtube.


14 posted on 11/22/2023 12:47:39 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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