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American English slang question by thatsthespirit in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 5 points 11 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. by thatsthespirit in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Vinegar + SponsorBlock on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS.

Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll by thatsthespirit in c/world@lemmy.world

[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

You mean the Berlusconi phase, maybe.

YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge by thatsthespirit in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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 by thatsthespirit in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

Is Lemmy THE reddit alternative for you? Are you thinking about moving somewhere else? by thatsthespirit in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Waiting for third parties apps to pop up, but so far I’ve been pretty satisfied with “wefwef”. The future looks very promising!