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SponsorBlock dev here

I never got any emails... I checked spam

But either way, this is just slop, KomoD's analysis is very good.

Everything mentioned here is intentional, SponsorBlock data is public, database dumps are published for anyone to download, and the API keys mentioned are not secret.

There are even third party sites that allow you to browse this data built on the database dumps: https://sb.ltn.fi/

Is it very trusting? Yes, but SponsorBlock is built on faith in humanity, and it's survived almost 7 years so far, with only a small amount of spammer firefighting.

The tokens are "generated" on the client, and the server just gives the client enough information to make that locally generated token become "valid", without being able to link that token to a specific validation attempt

youtube hasn't touched their anti-adblock code since june

uBlock Origin already blocks them by default at the request level, no need to hide the actual HTML element

DMA requires that the interoperability be at the same level of encryption than normal chats. In whatsapp's case, that means all interoperability must be E2E

It's not an open federation

There is a whitelisted set of apps in the OS. Samsung's messenger also is allowed on Samsung devices. They talked about opening the API many years ago and then suddenly stopped talking about it.

For most people, Google Messenger app now uses Google's RCS gateway anyway, so the carrier does not need to support RCS.

I do not know of anyone trying to get carrier-based RCS working with a non Google app using a custom rom with a different whitelisted set of apps, but it sounds to like maybe that would be possible

uBlock Origin filter type called has-text

On Android, I can create a PWA that runs in Firefox and it works great. Apple could easily implement the same thing

Kiwi has historically faked the version number to prevent websites from telling you to update your browser. I would assume that number is not legitimate.

The name origin was used because google took it down for using the name ublock after the GitHub repo transfer

It was not sold. It was transferred to a the contributor of a Safari port. Only the GitHub repository though, not the extension store page. That has always remained with gorhill. So, no one's install was compromised

proof: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/0797d040740de8e9f7552...

They encourage people to wait to buy their product only until they aren't able to repair their current one.

Mozilla reviewers do very detailed reviews. Unlike Chrome, they sometimes do manual reviews, looking for potential XSS or similar problems, and will let you know the exact line causing it. The Chrome web store is almost unmoderated though.

One cool side-effect is that existing mastodon bots (like remind bots) work seamlessly. Just ping them as normal and they will reply.

That will will be fixed Q1 next year thanks to the EU

They probably pay Adblock Plus to have bing ads whitelisted just like google does through their "Acceptable" ads program

The plugin supports replacing only titles if you prefer.

https://github.com/mchangrh/yt-neuter/blob/main/filters/nosh...

or if you still want to see them, but with the normal player: https://uscript.mchang.xyz/yt/yt-shorts-redirect.user.js

This was a purposeful choice to demonstrate the extent of the clickbait/sensationalism problem. Both channels have only changed their thumbnail and title style in the last few months, and previously had great titles and thumbnails.

Edit: To clarify, when I say "clickbait" here, I am using it as a neutral term referring to any materials used to convince someone to click on a link. I understand that it is kind of a loaded term and it is not used anywhere in the extension itself because of this.

The title of this post seems to be taken from the satire title on my YouTube video demo. If you install the plugin and view the video from there, there is a better title. It was meant as a demo of the extension.

https://dearrow.ajay.app/donate/ :)

Here is a reply I made in the past to a similar complaint

It's not just the Linus Tech Tips or the Mr Beasts of the world doing algorithm optimized titles and thumbnails now. Even really great channels like Tom Scott, CGP Grey, and Kurzgesagt are falling for the trap now.

And I don't blame them! That's what's needed to survive on the platform these days. It's a race to the bottom.

DeArrow hopes to solve this. DeArrow puts everyone on a level playing field. There is no race to the bottom since no one is allowed to be algorithmically optimized. It pauses the race, and let's the true best videos rise to the top.

While a niche extension of course can't remove all bad incentives, it still brings out the videos that actually are good themselves, ignoring the branding they were put in.

Behold, a perfect training set :)

https://sponsor.ajay.app/database

Sending a negative signal doesn't seem to be working :)

I was referring to video, because you need to take into account visuals too. It would be simpler when it is audio-only.

They did. The mobile app by default signs you up on mastodon.social now

humans > AI

https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdf

Given both the competitive landscape and the safety implications of large-scale models like GPT-4, this report contains no further details about the architecture (including model size), hardware, training compute, dataset construction, training method, or similar.

They did say "competitive landscape"

There are also FOSS front-ends for Google Play such as Aurora Store

Most of the carbon footprint of electronic devices is from the manufacturing.