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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2883134 ([email protected])

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (20 children)

The day i remove my adblocker is the day... ah who am i kidding, i will never uninstall my adblocker.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (18 children)

t doesn’t say more people overall use ad blockers. It says people that were already using them are now switching between different extensions. Let’s wait and see if this increases Firefox’s market share. This could be the real good outcome of all this.

That's literally the first thing after I install any new system.

get firefox on a stick so I don't have to open deprecated explorer or have to download Edge
install firefox, get ad blocker extension
then remove/turn off all the recommended shit that are now embedded to your start menu and task bar and lock screen. (I wish there is a github FOSS script that does this for new windows builds. )

I will abandon windows when the games can all be played on Linux properly.

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

I switched to Linux a year or so ago and kept a Windows partition just in case. I've only had to use it once for an online exam.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What games have you played since then? For reference. I go check my most recent played game https://www.protondb.com/app/2009100 and I am not really convinced by the result. And the game I am going to play https://www.protondb.com/app/835960, very mixed results. Consider both are UE5 engine games. I will check back like in a year or 2 once UE5 games runs on proton smoothly I will switch.

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

Yeah I don't play any UE5 games. Although it looks like both of those you linked mostly work. If you're not willing to tweak your proton version or settings every once in a while then Linux probably isn't for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why I say maybe I need to give it a year then visit the protondb again. I am too lazy to tweak those per game or doing all the extra works(some people have their own Custom Proton??) just to play a game. It's also why sometimes I just buy games on console cause it's way easier to play game on it. (the suspend feature is a big win, I wish PC game has this as well. )

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Custom proton usually means the glorious eggroll version, it's just a community maintained version you have to install on your own.

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