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German court overturns previous ruling that ad blocking isn't piracy (torrentfreak.com)

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[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That’s foul. I wouldn’t touch YouTube without Ublock. You ever try watching that garbage without it?

The one app game I like(d) was Scrabble. It was sold and is now an endless stream of ads. Turn, ad, turn, ad, turn, ad, nonstop. It’s unplayable. I had to delete it.

Ad blockers make media consumable. Granted, less screen time would likely benefit everyone.

[-] Jagget@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

AdGuard for Android. It's brilliant

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago

I don't touch youtube with a browser.

Grayjay. Or Newpipe.

If I just have to use a browser, then Invidious.

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago

yt-dlp

Or, to make a historical reference to a very similar case that failed miserably for RIAA and was a great win for FOSS: youtube-dl

[-] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you! You just opened up a whole new world for me haha

[-] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Are we talking about Wordfeud or is there another online Scrabble game?

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago

No, the regular Scrabble app. There are solo games, but mostly one on one games with strangers. And a speed competition more in keeping with real life play.

EA originally owned it. I bought it for $5 back on the first iPhone. Limited to banner ads. Then it died, because it was sold. Now it’s ScrabbleGO. The same with some eyeroll garbage for collecting new tile skins and a store for new skins and some pay to play. If that wasn’t bad enough, every time you take a turn, an ad plays after. Banners included as well. It’s unplayable in its current state.

The closest approximation would be words with friends. Also riddled with ads, triggered to play every 1-2 turns. Also unplayable. Also in addition to banner ads.

Scrabble is officially dead outside of real life play on a physical board. Which makes me sad. Real life play almost no one plays defensively so it’s just aggravating.