Submitted 3 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHwP6S_jf7g
For visibility, here is the list of ways around youtube ads he was supposedly banned for mentioning:
Desktop:
Android:
Firefox with uBlock Origin also works nicely.
Also SponsoBlock
I use pipepipe off fdroid and love it, it even has sponsorblock built in if you enable it!
I just bought a Google Pixel!
So that I can install GrapheneOS on it.
I wish it didn’t have to be that way, lol. Can’t we have some quality third party hardware?
Fairphone? Graphene doesn’t support it tho 😭
This is sooooo incredibly sad!!! I’m currently on an older iPhone and probably getting a Pixel next month; I would really have liked it if there were a bigger variety of phones where I could live truly Google-free, and I would much prefer not having to give Google money to not be reliant on Google…
Buy second hand or refurbished. Better for the planet, cheaper and you aren’t directly giving google anything :)
Look at the Nokia (yes, those Nokia) have models with android asap
It’s just a shame it doesn’t have any extra micro SSD card slots for extra storage…
I do find that disappointing but I don’t store many pictures on my phone so I think the 256gb will probably be more than enough for me.
I went through three Pixels (6, 6 pro, and 7) with Graphene before I finally gave up. Not because of Graphene, but because Pixels break so easily, and even small damage to the screen will almost certainly render the phone unusable. I’m a contractor, and I need a phone that can handle some moderate abuse. But even with Internet cases, my Pixels could just not hang.
Sadly, with a heavy heart and a wounded concience, I’ve gone back to Samsung. Yes, they spy on me, and yes I absolutely detest it, but at least I can drop my phone once a month and not have to replace it or pay $200 for a screen replacement.
Tell me you don’t have a note without telling me you don’t have a note;-;.
Always wanted a pixel myself, but similar thing being in a trade. My note 9 has a bent screen ffs and still works perfectly. It just needs to be pressed shut pccasionally… 200$ to replace the screen though, fuck that.
That really blows. I have an office job and am generally easy on my electronics. Hopefully I won’t have any serious problems, but thanks for the heads up.
Lmao, not trying to jinx myself here, but I break my phones yearly, except this pixel 8 pro, which mostly only has the scratches on it that I got while waiting for the liquid glass screen protector to come in. Yeah, it’s got some since then, but again, I seem to break my phones yearly.
Here is the video in question.
Hopefully it stays up. If not, someone might want to push to archive.org / peertube /etc…
Was it about how to live without Google or how to bypass ads on YouTube?
both
The video that was removed talked about blocking ads on YouTube which goes against contract terms for YouTubers. The one about switching away from Google service is still up.
Then the lemmy title is misleading, no? Isn’t that against the rules?
He shouldn’t have referred to it as “blocking ads.”
Instead, say that you’ll be explaining how to “preserve privacy” or “uncluttered the viewing experience”, and it would be totally up to interpretation and assumption that he’s actually talking about blocking ads.
Had suspicions with Rossman involved and a quick check of the ltt subreddit means I both need a shower and likely know why it was delisted:
The issue isn’t “how to live without google”. Plenty of those videos exist
The issue is encouraging people to use third party apps that violate the TOS and let you watch youtube without ads. That is not “living without google”. That is “You should ‘steal’ from google”
They already steal all my personal information for profit. So fuck 'em. I got no sympathy for that company.
Fuck google, steal from them anyway you can
If YouTube wasn’t infested with ads that start in the middle of videos and force you to watch 2-3 minute ads constantly it wouldn’t even be an issue. Calling it stealing is a bit of a stretch.
This dude is so smart but has literally the worst vibes I just can’t stand him for no reason lmfao
I fully agree and love what he does for the repair industry, but im with ya on that, I cant stand him either. Its a weird feeling.
No way this wasn’t calculated by LTT.
Although I agree that this content should be up on YT, I wouldn’t be surprised if LLT were well aware that this was a high risk video that could get struck down.
I hate conspiratorial thinking, but LLT is likely to benefit from this attention, and they have a history prioritizing subscriber counts over getting useful information into the hands of people.
I’d bet dollars to donuts it was planned. They’re all about views, sponsors, and subs. The “info” they publish is hack at best. They’re entertaining at times but it’s just that, entertainment, not tech news.
The fact Louis had to disable comments on that video tells a lot 😄
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
LTT vs Google.
I’ll side with LLT on this, but that doesn’t mean I want to support their channel.
Potatisen@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Why? What did LTT do?
Out of the loop on this.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Quick summary, probably missing a lot, but…
And just general douche-baggery.
But mostly? It just means to take anything LMG does with a massive grain of salt. They have repeatedly demonstrated that they are not above manipulating their audience and influence to push anti-consumer behavior. So a video where they were “too spicy” for Google for promoting alternatives (some of which LMG themselves operate) is, to quote the children, sus. And yeah, it sounds like the issue has nothing to do with “don’t use gmail or youtube” and all to do with “use this random third party app that bypasses all the ads so you can still use youtube”.
mlg@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Other than the stuff already mentioned here, people (probably fairly accurately) thought Linus was a salesman douche with no real knowledge of computers back in the NCIX days.
It was partially true, he was basically a warehouse manager who happened to get lucky making a successful youtube channel which he turned into his own media business after NCIX died.
But that’s what the key term is. It’s Linus Media Group. Their top goal is to create content that generates views for revenue, and not content that might be useful or takes a lot of effort to do.
Which is why you will almost never see any heavy IT people watching his videos. There are so many examples of people running entire data centers in their house better than LMG could do with actual budget, server space, and hardware. They used to use windows server for everything because they didn’t have anyone who knew linux lol.
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They’ve been criticized of rushing and skimping on accurate / ethical review practices. There are aLeo allegations that LTT is a fairly toxic work environment, but, the former has more concrete evidence since the janky reviews were recorded and uploaded.
And on a more subjective note, a lot of people aren’t really into the way that Linus behaves on camera. I’m in this camp. I find that he often comes off pretty arrogant and belittling when he’s interacting with his staff on camera.
beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Lied about a review of a product prototype they’d been sent. “Lost” it, gave a bad review based on tests of it (but it was a different product, not the actual one). Then later apparently they SOLD this prototype & told the company who had lent them it that they’d lost it.
So you can totally trust them claiming they didn’t sexually harass women employees. /s
SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Apparently posted a video about how to avoid ads on YouTube using adblockers, etc.
xenoclast@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Right? I learned how to block channel in FreeTube motivated entirely so I don’t have to see his stupid face in my recommendations
I feel like we’ll find out this was engineered for clicks by them.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
i mean thumbnails are almost always engineered for the most engagement, yes.
and theirs are clearly clickbaity, so
yesman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I left when every other video was about the personal lives of Linus or his staff. I know that developing the parasocial is important to any channel, but it turns me off.
deafboy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I actually like those, and started to watch the channel regularly after the house remodeling series.
What’s barely sufferable are the “we bought stuff from the internet and here it is. check out our sponsor…” videos that’s been published a lot lately.