Vietnam bans unskippable ad.

[Skelletonike]

Youtube ads were so annoying that I wound up subscribing to premium. Then again, not too bad of a deal given that I replaced spotify for youtube music (they cost pretty much the same nowadays).

I do think they should make this ban worldwide, there are a lot of exploitative ads, especially on the play store with "free" apps.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Not sure it's available for Tv's directly. I'd have to root my tv potentially just to watch YT without adds. Unless you mean the iOS device, then tbf, I don't watch YT on my phone, I use the computer fo rhtat where I have ublock origin

If you have Android/Google TV you can sideload it.
I hate the stupid Tizen smart TV OS so I just use a Shield TV.

 

[janobi]

If you have Android/Google TV you can sideload it.
I hate the stupid Tizen smart TV OS so I just use a Shield TV.

I don't have that option, I have an LG tv, and only some of them are rootable. Again, it's a lot of effort to just not have ads on the TV

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I don't have that option, I have an LG tv, and only some of them are rootable. Again, it's a lot of effort to just not have ads on the TV

You can get a Chromecast with Google TV pretty cheap.

 

[janobi]

You can get a Chromecast with Google TV pretty cheap.

I just let the ads play on the TV, it's of no bother. It's just background noise tbf.

 

[MeowthBlep]

rare vietnam w

 

[janobi]

rare vietnam w

Oh IDK, they seemed to have a pretty big W during the 60s/70s iirc

 

[Skv0ra]

ublock origin blocks ads successfuly for me on YouTube on Firefox.

As it does on Android version of Firefox you ought to be using to access, well, every damn website in the first place.

Buying a pointless VPN to avoid ads? What is this, an Apple forum? lmao

 

[BigOnYa]

Buying a pointless VPN to avoid ads

Def not pointless. I use a VPN only because my ISP has threatened me with 3 letters now, about downloading DRM media, so now using a VPN, I don't hear shit from them. And my ads are blocked thru a PiHole (RaspPi), other than YouTube, but I hardly watch anything from there anyways. NAS drive streamed to Kodi for me.

 

[LoggerMan]

As it does on Android version of Firefox you ought to be using to access, well, every damn website in the first place.

Buying a pointless VPN to avoid ads? What is this, an Apple forum? lmao

Yup. I do the same on mobile, though I use Safari's StopTheMadness Pro plugin. I have the YouTube app installed so I can get notifications easily, but I do the actual watching in the browser with ad block running. It's a bit of a pain but compared to the cost of YouTube Premium it's not so bad. I thought about getting Premium in India or something but I don't really want to keep track of it and learning a good ad blocker also blocks all other ads too on the Internet.

 

[aoimatsuri]

Good job Vietnam

 

[Exnor]

As it does on Android version of Firefox you ought to be using to access, well, every damn website in the first place.

Buying a pointless VPN to avoid ads? What is this, an Apple forum? lmao

Using a VPN is not pointless.

I pay for one not just because Youtube ads but because i do not want my ISP snooping on what i do. Especially when i use torrents.

 

[NotUsingAnAltAccount]

I am 24/7 on a VPN, directly from my router with their antitracking DNS. No ads (so no adware, malware), no ISP snooping (so no letters), no problems. I really recommend IVPN, it's not cheap but it's really the best one. Second one is Mullvad and third one would be Proton.

 

[Skv0ra]

Using a VPN is not pointless.

I pay for one not just because Youtube ads but because i do not want my ISP snooping on what i do. Especially when i use torrents.

IF they want to know what you do - they will. Paying extra money to enshittify your dl speed is just feeding into propaganda. IPS either honestly don't care, or you're not using a good private tracker. Now, if you live abroad and want to watch your native TV shows that disable streaming outside NOR are on private trackers - that's when you use it.

 

[NotUsingAnAltAccount]

ISP? No, they don't and they won't because they're not magicians. If you're using a good VPN, then they're not storing anything. Any logs, you won't be associated with anything and it will be proven by audits and court cases.

It's the complete opposite. Some people are falling for the propaganda of a person (or few people) who wrote that a VPN is not worth it, that it does nothing and that they have everything on you. They're just saying, giving absolutely no proof. I can show that it's the complete opposite with proof, they on the other hand can't. Don't fall for it, VPN really is your friend. It also doesn't matter if you're using it for some torrents or simply for your privacy and security. It works on all fronts, for everyone. Believe proof more than words of some random whose intentions are unknown.

 

[janobi]

ISP? No, they don't and they won't because they're not magicians. If you're using a good VPN, then they're not storing anything. Any logs, you won't be associated with anything and it will be proven by audits and court cases.

It's the complete opposite. Some people are falling for the propaganda of a person (or few people) who wrote that a VPN is not worth it, that it does nothing and that they have everything on you. They're just saying, giving absolutely no proof. I can show that it's the complete opposite with proof, they on the other hand can't. Don't fall for it, VPN really is your friend. It also doesn't matter if you're using it for some torrents or simply for your privacy and security. It works on all fronts, for everyone. Believe proof more than words of some random whose intentions are unknown.

Depends on your threat model, and also you can't believe what VPN companies say. I know of 1 company that provides VPNs that's been tested in court and proved they don't log, that was PIA, they've been subpeona'd multiple times, and unable to provide logs.

If you want to be really safe then rent a VPS and setup your own VPN server that way, you can RDP to the server and then jump off there to do whatever. Or depending on how tech savy you are then you could use TAILS or QUBES, again depends on your threat model.

Private trackers are better for torrents than public sites, but again get a seedbox/VPS and use that to torrent, then simply FTP the stuff back to your device. FTP is encrypted, so the ISP can't see what you're doing, even with DPI. Again it's dependent upon your threat model, hell if you wanted you could separate your traffic and go over TOR instead, and really be anonymous

 

[NotUsingAnAltAccount]

Depends on your threat model, and also you can't believe what VPN companies say. I know of 1 company that provides VPNs that's been tested in court and proved they don't log, that was PIA, they've been subpeona'd multiple times, and unable to provide logs.

If you want to be really safe then rent a VPS and setup your own VPN server that way, you can RDP to the server and then jump off there to do whatever. Or depending on how tech savy you are then you could use TAILS or QUBES, again depends on your threat model.

Private trackers are better for torrents than public sites, but again get a seedbox/VPS and use that to torrent, then simply FTP the stuff back to your device. FTP is encrypted, so the ISP can't see what you're doing, even with DPI. Again it's dependent upon your threat model, hell if you wanted you could separate your traffic and go over TOR instead, and really be anonymous

Yes but most people won't and don't want to go thru so much hassle. They just want an app, choose server and connect. VPN service providers and their apps nowadays are absolutely fantasic, multi-hop is even more than a regular user would ever need. Kill switch on the app and that's it.

I use Qubes OS on my stationary PC (Fedora on my laptop). At the beginning I was just curious what and how but after a while it just stayed there for good. But this is not something that normal people would ever use. People still have problem with switching from Windows to Linux, even tho most of them would be more than happy and comfortable with it with their usage scenarios. Microsoft is just around the corner with intergrating Copilot into explorer itself, even tho its market share shrunk to 1% lately. People are complaining about everything, things being oushed on them but not doing anyting about it. Some of them just using powrshell scripts for removing it over and over again, eternal battle with operating system. Everything is so much more simple and good nowadays (alternatives and more private choices) compared to decades ago but there's just no will. A friend of mine didn't even know that something like OnlyOffice exists, he just stopped paying for 365.

 

[TVL]

Ads on the internet is easy to get rid of. They got laws for apps on the phone?

I can't stand it, most apps I have to get rid of because they are riddled with ads... Looked for a PDF viewer and one started where I think you had to play some terrible game before you even got to opening a file, no closing button ever showed up. Uninstalled and never got past it. I have an eBook reader that is awesome (it has ads, but I paid not to have any, I'll gladly pay for a good app, that's rarely the option though) and it can open PDF (on the phone I only use it for ePub because it's way better). But it wasn't any good for this particular use I had to have a PDF-viewer for.

I honestly don't understand how people put up with it, YouTube for instance I don't use the app. I'm not looking at a commercial every time I watch a video and in the middle of them. If the alternatives are videos with commercials and not using it... I would choose to not use it. That is how much I hate ads.

 

[janobi]

Yes but most people won't and don't want to go thru so much hassle. They just want an app, choose server and connect. VPN service providers and their apps nowadays are absolutely fantasic, multi-hop is even more than a regular user would ever need. Kill switch on the app and that's it.

I use Qubes OS on my stationary PC (Fedora on my laptop). At the beginning I was just curious what and how but after a while it just stayed there for good. But this is not something that normal people would ever use. People still have problem with switching from Windows to Linux, even tho most of them would be more than happy and comfortable with it with their usage scenarios. Microsoft is just around the corner with intergrating Copilot into explorer itself, even tho its market share shrunk to 1% lately. People are complaining about everything, things being oushed on them but not doing anyting about it. Some of them just using powrshell scripts for removing it over and over again, eternal battle with operating system. Everything is so much more simple and good nowadays (alternatives and more private choices) compared to decades ago but there's just no will. A friend of mine didn't even know that something like OnlyOffice exists, he just stopped paying for 365.

Literally my opening statement was depends on your threat model.

I don't disagree with what you've written, but again depends on your threat model.

 

[NotUsingAnAltAccount]

Literally my opening statement was depends on your threat model.

I don't disagree with what you've written, but again depends on your threat model.

Yes, yes, I know. I just added some more.

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Ads on the internet is easy to get rid of. They got laws for apps on the phone?

I can't stand it, most apps I have to get rid of because they are riddled with ads... Looked for a PDF viewer and one started where I think you had to play some terrible game before you even got to opening a file, no closing button ever showed up. Uninstalled and never got past it. I have an eBook reader that is awesome (it has ads, but I paid not to have any, I'll gladly pay for a good app, that's rarely the option though) and it can open PDF (on the phone I only use it for ePub because it's way better). But it wasn't any good for this particular use I had to have a PDF-viewer for.

I honestly don't understand how people put up with it, YouTube for instance I don't use the app. I'm not looking at a commercial every time I watch a video and in the middle of them. If the alternatives are videos with commercials and not using it... I would choose to not use it. That is how much I hate ads.

Just use open source ones, they're good. F-Droid to find/browse and I'm getting them directly from Github. There are some that you won't get there sadly, like for example music player called Namida (with YouTube player without ads) which I use.