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Daily random discussion - Jun 30, 2023

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  • Just found out about YouTube's plan to disable video playback for viewers who are using ad blockers.

    From the article:

    The company has confirmed to The Verge that it’s currently running “a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium.”

    The statement comes after some people began noticing a new prompt warning that video playback could be cut off if YouTube detects repeated use of ad blocking tools. Android Authority earlier reported on those tests, which prevent viewers from watching more than three videos when an ad blocker is active.

    I'm pretty much concerned about how it'd affect people who use ReVanced. With Manifest V3 crippling adblocker capabilities, Google going after entities such as Invidious and Vanced (I think‌ ReVanced is next, if not already being attacked), I think Google's drive to make their primary business: advertising, unblockable is getting very serious.

    I could probably start watching YT a lot less, do something productive with my time. At the same time, I just feel irritated enough that want to watch YT in any other way other than Google's way.

    • I was a Vanced/SmartTube user for a long time, but when Google started cracking down on them, the family decided to pool our money together and just get YT Premium. One thing I'm going to miss is the automatic skipping of sponsors. As much as I'm sorry to admit that, Linus.

      • That's one way to resolve things, buying YT Premium and being left at peace. While I respect that, part of me thinks that it is giving in to the pressure, that what Google wants is for people to give in. Thus, even if I do have the money for it, I don't think I would as a matter of principle.

        What that principle is, I guess at this point, I‌'d admit that I am just pretty much against what Google symbolizes--big tech swallowing up everything. And by refusing to give in and buying YT Premium, I feel like I am resisting and protecting whatever few principles I've got left.

  • Meanwhile, in Cordon, Isabela, this sign feels ominous and threatening to me. Like are you taking me to a mysterious place that doesn't exist?

  • Ang mahal na ng sine ngayon, halos 400 na? Yeesh.

    • Siguro kailangang bumawi sa mga lugi noong pandemya.

      Pero mas mabuti na rin ito para hindi na mag-sine nang mag-isa, dahil mga bading lang daw ang gumagawa noon.

      Tang-ina mo pa rin Aldrin.

      • dahil mga bading lang daw ang gumagawa noon.

        Today I learned I'm gay 😂

      • Pero mas mabuti na rin ito para hindi na mag-sine nang mag-isa, dahil mga bading lang daw ang gumagawa noon.

        Sa Recto ba nanoonod yung nagsabi sa iyo nito? Bakit nya alam?‌ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    • Me spending PHP600+ on a Large Format or IMAX cinema:

      Of course, depende sa movie kung ginawa gamit large format o IMAX camera. Kung hindi naka-IMAX o large format, panoorin na lang sa regular 2D.

      And been watching movies in theater alone since 2017. Sometimes ako o 2-3 audiences sa loob. Around February this year after watching Babylon, may couple na naguusap na sana ganito palagi para walang sagabal, at tatlo lang kami nun. That movie was exhausting and exciting at the same time, three hours well spent.

    • Eh yung huli kong ala-ala ng presyo ng sine eh nasa ₱200 lang.

      It's been a terribly long while since I went to the movies. 🥹

  • Nyelo, mga peeps. Ngayon lang nakapagbukas ulet. Switched to connect for lemmy kasi nagccrash yung jerboa sa tablet ko.

    Anyways, late good morning y'all.

  • in a few hours, mawawala na rin ang boost for reddit. the official app is stupid at yun lang ung pinaka ok na alternative. it made me learn more about reddit and helped me stumble upon the RDs that became a safe haven during the pandemic. i also learned about the old legends from other subs, and that recent ph history thread only proved that there was a thriving community in that site. sad to see a lot of redditors leave (and/or limit their usage). taena kasi ni spez eh haha napasenti tuloy ng wala sa oras bwiset dhjdjd

  • Nakalimutan kong lagyan ng magic sarap yung niluto ko, ang tabang tuloy 😅 bawi na lang sila sa susunod.

  • damn it's quiet here

    • Activity usually pick up late in the morning. But yeah, we need more people here.

      Speaking of which, I probably should be asleep by now. Lmao.

    • Minsan gusto ko rin magkwento ng random stories ko rito sa lemmy pero nahihiya pa ko hahaha kaya reply reply muna ko sa mga comments dito hahaha 🐣

  • Bye bye Relay na rin pala. I thought they were going to switch to a subscription model, but that's somewhere down the line pa.

  • My instance upgraded to the latest version but I'm still going to use the 3rd party app Thunder because of the simplicity.

  • Nakita daw ni friend yung naka-date ko dati sa bumble. Yung physical description ni friend sa kanya was not very nice 😔 now, don't be mean.

    Wala naman akong naramdamang kakaiba. Okay, good for him.

    I am on a journey of trying to figure out what I want to study more in the future and overcoming the slight fear of rejection na di pa naman dumadating pero anticipated ko na 😆

    I've been watching diving accidents that could happen and how you can die, just to see if it will scare me away. I think I would be sadder if I don't ever try learning diving. So, tuloy tayo because knowledge is power.

    My last thoughts would probably be, "Well, fuck me. I'd like to be reincarnated as a biofluorescent jellyfish in the deep sea or a villainess that's not really a villain. Or a mermaid. Hmmmm.." glob glob glob

    • villainess that’s not really a villain

      In fairness, that's what's a lot of villainess isekai story MCs are (as far as I've read, which is not that much, I promise).

      Tipong reborn as a villainess in a game/story/anime/whatever tapos ayaw nyang ma-bad ending. So kung ano-ano ang ginawa para lang makaiwas sa "fate" nya. But by webnovel logic, it always ends up that just by being reborn into that character, nabago na nya ang fate nya.

      This brings up a lot of questions in my head, like a lot of them talk about fate as if that's something unavoidable (and given the genre, they show hints of this--like scripted events happening despite the protagonists best efforts, or just heavily implied that it would have gone that way if it were not for the protagonist's actions).

      Uhm, that digression aside, getting isekaied into a villain/villainess isekai story could be interesting. But then again, I just like Isekai in general.

  • I want to message you, just to remind you that i'm still here. But then i remember that you know i'm here, you just don't care.

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