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American English slang question in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

My wild guess: “Jay” stands for “Jordans”, that is, a pair of shoes which are deemed to be very cool by most kids.

So, “Jay AF” could mean “cool as fuck”.

Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Vinegar + SponsorBlock on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS.

YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Can’t say that’s it’s been working perfectly both on my iPhone and on my iPad, but it’s certainly helped a lot.

youtube getting more agressive blocking users after 3 videos in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Vinegar app for Safari on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS has a very clever feature that’s called “switch to ad skipping”. It basically deceives YouTube by telling it you watched the ads and the videos load perfectly.

Also, UBlock Origin on Firefox’s been doing an excellent job at removing ads from YouTube.