• vinushkah@europe.pub
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    3 days ago

    Hard to get an adblock working

    Nowadays it really isn’t. You install an app like you install the YouTube app, whether it be on Android TV or Android phone. Same for Windows and Linux, you install another app like you’ve done countless times before.

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      2 days ago

      I have a tizen samsung TV and a Toshiba with ancient Toshiba OS, and over 20 years of experience in IT. I haven’t gotten it to work, but I’m sure it’s really easy.

      I welcome your wisdom, oh lemmy genius.

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        2 days ago

        You worked in IT 20 years? Your original comment doesn’t give that impression.

        Anyway, if your TV has HDMI which it most likely will do, plug in an Android TV device and then you can install whichever Android app you want, including ones that allow you to watch YT with no ads.

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          2 days ago

          Yes, I use Arch, btw. Started with Mandrake 7, so about 26 years in fact, although professionally probably closer to 23.

          Adding hardware (which costs money) , electricity consumption (more money) and complexity of operation (it has to be kid friendly, as in pressing the YouTube button on the TV remote), let alone the constant troubleshooting every time YouTube changes their anti-adblock very much misses the point.

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            2 days ago

            You’re worried about the energy cost of a Chromecast when you have a TV 😂 How childish do you have to be to resort to building your argument on silly factors like money and energy costs to justify why you can’t manage to install an app on a cheap Android TV device.

            Kids nowadays can run rings around average adults when it comes to interacting with touchscreen devices and phones, I think they can manage a TV! This is beyond satire.

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                2 days ago

                Been paying a mortgage for 6 years, child is on the way. Plan well and the big changes and little changes shouldn’t phase you. Even if it becomes a struggle at times I won’t be looking at my Nvidia Shield with a sour expression as it sips power.

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                    1 day ago

                    My response didn’t contain any calculations so not sure why you’re throwing some random accusation. Are you hallucinating like a shitty AI?

                    You’re clearly tech illiterate and are cowering behind your perceived superiority of having kids to justify why you won’t install an app to bypass YT ads because you can’t fathom the simplicity of it.