[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For IOS peeps: I’m using Orion browser, which supports some firefox entensions like UblockOrigin that blocks ads. Brave also works.

Downside is they’re missing a good number of features, and changing playback speed messes up the audio

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There used to be a trick where you can skip ads in youtube app by pretending to report it. i’ve used that to skip the 2x30s unskippable ads over the years, but that was patched recently.

So instead of occasionally watching ads while scrolling through comments, I’ve now opt to watch youtube in browser with UblockOrigin. And good luck to google for playing catch-22 with adblockers.

Shame that I used to have youtube in my adblock whitelist

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm one of those guys, IOS phone with windows PC. There really isn't much out there that is as convenient as IOS, but theres no way I would use a Mac, as compatibility issues and more expensive hardware will ultimately hurt functionality.

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

In this case its quite simple: the production process is cheap and easy enough anyone with a garage can replicate it in a week, where as flying to Korea takes weeks for visa and plane ticket and appointments scheduling

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

honestly, why not do what reddit did and restrict US news to a specific sublemmy

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because for the first time in 14 years money is no longer free.

Right now the interest rate sits at 5% and it will remain there for the foreseeable future. Investors no longer have the patients to wait for growth because bonds are actually investable now, so all your “get user first find business later” companies began to panic and tries to squeeze everything out of its users.

Hilariously, the only social media company that will come out of this relatively unharmed is probably Facebook, because their unethical practices actually makes money

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

I've heard of this theory all the way back when Luka leaked their entire battle plan in Ukraine. And I'm fully subscribed to it as he somehow managed to sit out the entire war because of that. Absolutely genius.

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Changing even a single letter will completely scramble your password with hash, so for all intents and purpose it is equivalent to a unique password

Though I do admit it can get a bit tedious, I'll definitly look into self-hosting, thanks for the recommendation

[-] Fangslash@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't use them. I see this as a putting all eggs in one basket strategy, if my master password was lost, hacked, hosting company shutdown, or for whatever reason refuse to do business with me, my entire life would be screwed.

Instead I use long passwords made of words, and for each site it will be a few letters off. They're easy for humans to remember because how similar they are, but due how hash works they are equivalent to unique passwords to hackers.

Fangslash

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