Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies.
Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service.
In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.
Adblockers and alternative frontend will only get you so far in this. It's literally just a matter of time until step it to yet another level. Want some real change? Stop giving them power. #Boycott these fuckers.
"Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox" -> https://archive.is/yAdak (link to avoid direct #reddit)
Bring down closed data silos like #YouTube. Empower #foss federated platforms like #peertube.
It's made for WordPress but the idea is so dead simple that it can be integrated in almost anything with some work (if nobody else did that work already :D)
Der Beitrag zur Einrichtung von unbound in Verbindung mit Pi-hole zur Verbesserung der DNS-Antworten in Bezug auf Geschwindigkeit und Privatsphäre ist abgeschlossen. Wann soll er erscheinen?
I realized in therapy today that the ads I'm getting on #Youtube are actually bad for my #MentalHealth... Any advice for working #adblock software for both Mac and Android? I know Google has been cracking down some.
Trying out #NoScript to block the loading of #Javascript on websites. I honestly don't know why I should use it, but it is fun to play with. Really speeds up loading times at least.
Chiedo a tutti gli utenti di Mastodon un favore: dovete divulgare l'esistenza di PeerTube, in modo che i content creator decidano di abbandonare una volta per tutte YouTube. Fatelo per la libertà di parola, per il rispetto della privacy e per l'open source. #youtube#opensource#peertube#adblock
The privilege of enraged people with regards to the fine volunteer maintainers who spent sweat and tears to serve us with #Adblock software stood out:
> And then one of the moderators actually deleted their Reddit account. “The ID in the post wasn’t updated because my mother was hospitalized,” they said
YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)
YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to "suboptimal viewing."