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YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround (www.tomsguide.com)
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[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh my. THANK YOU for that edgeblocker! Going to get that on every computer in my home.

Yeah I'm not "the boss" of my parents. My dad was very tech savvy, but he doesn't have the same memory and cognition as he used to so when I set it up nice he likes it, but any friction sets him off to "solve" the problem... By doing some random totally different thing that doesn't so much solve the problem as "gets it working, sort of" with a browser he recognizes. Then because there are ads he loses interest and just puts on the 24/7 news cycle. :(

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

On the off chance that you have not heard that Linux is way more user friendly now, I recommend switching over. Especially if you are able to update the computer frequently.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Thank you. I have heard that, and I'm interested in switch my home computer and "Netflix and YouTube on the tv" computer over.

Any recommendations on where to start with that?

I used Linux as a 11 year old back in.... Late 90's? And it was not user friendly but I was so cool it didn't matter....

Until I couldn't get a game other than Quake 2 running on my lan network.

Haven't checked on it since but I'm overdue and ready.