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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:44 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > This may belong on plug-talk, but my problem probably has > a technical solution to block YouTube spam, without getting > into the sordid politics beneath. > > This evening, I searched for a YouTube video about opening > a can with a manual rotary can opener. See the PPS below. > > The problem is, a well funded national politician has > saturated YouTube with a gazillion whack-a-mole pop-up > attack ads, and I can't close them fast enough to finish > the video I want to see. > > I do NOT want to discuss that politician on plug-linux, or > even discuss why Google allows their YouTube service to be > ruined this way, as Google already has more money than God > and doesn't need an extra billion or two from that national > politician in return for destroying YouTube. > > I do not want to discuss either of those subjects here. > PLUG-TALK please. > > ----- > > The TECHNICAL/LINUX subject: > > I WANT to learn what SOFTWARE or TECHNIQUES to use to > filter and block the F***ING pop-ups. Unless I do that, > YouTube is ruined. Other services may soon be ruined as > well. I need to find and install and learn those tools > before the internet turns into S*** and I can't get to > the tools. > > I use Firefox an older version of CentOS Linux on a small > screen 4GB laptop; I hope for a compatible solution. > > Alternately, perhaps "we" (meaning those of you who know > how to write code) can develop tools to migrate useful > YouTube videos to Internet Archive, and tools to protect > the Archive from vandalism. I prefer both personal as well > as institutional defenses. > > Keith > > P.S. Google? This is forwarded to many gmail addresses, > so your servers are capturing dozens of copies of this > email. Please do the right thing; your business won't > survive if we deploy better solutions than Google. > > P.P.S. Most people don't know the can opener trick; I saw > snippets of a really annoying video by a motormouth moron > who doesn't know the trick either. > > Turn the handle a quarter turn the opposite way before > turning it your normal away all the way around to open > the can. The lid always separates cleanly that way, > because the cuts line up at the closing. > > You're welcome ... > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
