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YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 362 points 2 months ago (19 children)

Anyone else remember when new technology used to be fun and exciting instead of miserable?

[–] [email protected] 120 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Long gone are the days when I used be excited to read update notes for new features... Now I just hope they don't god damn force an update on me.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I went back to an old APK of Twitch and refuse to update to the current dumpster fire.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use PurpleTV and it's been great. It's a Twitch fork modified to block ads, reduce bloat, and include customisation for chat, player and other components.

Don't know if we can share links here but the APK can be easily found online, still being updated semi-regularly. I won't come back to the official app as long as I'm able. :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Cheers for that. I had other third party apps way back in the day but they lacked some features. Will check it out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Xtra is great https://github.com/crackededed/Xtra/

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They also leak your User ID and IP to a 3rd party.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ugh.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Twire is a great alternative though.

https://github.com/twireapp/Twire

And it only connects to Twitch! :) (Plus betterttv or alternatives in case support for them are activated iirc)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

is there a way to watch stuff without using a Twitch account with it? I've tried just skipping the login process, but search returns no results when I search for streamers or games.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just use Free and Open Source Software!

It can always fuck up with updates, but usually you just get more free stuff and it's awesome.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And always donate if you find the project useful!

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