@Anti-Matter You can't "set a number" on your fingers. You probably meant "how many fingers do I have?" (or "how many fingers am I holding up?"), seeing as your comment related to Bruce Almighty...
@NEStalgia So, you're a tech nerd, can't snowboard to save your life AND you don't like cheesy, over the top comedy? Oh, man...
@Tyranexx Why, thank you very much ma'am. Much appreciated. Really working on those social skills,
I see.
P.S.
Are we talking YouTube on a smart TV here, or on PC/laptop? If it's the latter, then I have the solution to your problems...
@AlohaPizzaJack Your car trouble story is very typical, and familiar. Stuff like that happens here as well.
Or people at the garage/work shop deciding on their own to fix extra stuff, or deciding to do a check of other parts of the car, you know, now that they're working on it anyway...
And wouldn't you know it? They ALWAYS find something else. Whether it's a meter/gauge that's slightly off, the airco that was too dirty to function well enough, they found that your spare tire needed replacing, or just the leather covers on the seats who weren't completely covering the metal frame anymore, and needed to be reseated...
@ThanosReXXX Haha, yeah I avoid those nickel and dime shops. This one knows I’m frugal and DIT capable, so they know they have to show me what needs fixin
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@NEStalgia Ads generally annoy me and rarely work for me. As for the cost of cable....I don't know about where you live, but here the prices for the basic packages for Dish and Direct TV start at a somewhat comparable rate to streaming services (though streaming is usually cheaper), but those prices mysteriously start inching up after so long. "Surcharge fees" and all that.
I use Spotify premium since I think it's fair and is ad-free. I don't bother with radio services like Sirius XM since I'm so picky when it comes to music/my mood. I like control over my playlists. I don't bother with
streaming TV/shows at all since I find enough to fill up my spare time already. I DO have low-tier Hulu, but that came free with Spotify premium recently. I haven't really used it but thought "Eh, why not?"
@ThanosReXXX I have that problem taken care of on my laptop. I tend to watch stuff on my phone while eating though; my current case has a handy kickstand. I don't know of any way to stop ads in the YouTube app.
@ThanosReXXX I despise cheesy over the top comedy, and generally loud, obnoxious people. Like whatshisname from Crackdown 3. Though I am pretty much the total opposite personality of the majority of "tech nerds". While I love nerd tech toys, I mostly cringe at "nerd culture"
@Tyranexx Your preferences sound pretty close to mine. Though as a self diagnosed audiophile, I currently have too many music services. Might actually ditch Spotify - a decision I'd made a few days before they announced the free ad-supported Hulu (grrr.) It's not the high quality output of Tidal and Deezer, and it's still lesser in catalogue depth than Apple. So much as I hate Apple, I think Apple and either Tidal or Deezer (plus Youtube, no longer for the music but for the video.....) win. I do hate having to buy an Apple product, but they have content, particularly Japan content that no other service has....Spotify tries to get close, but still misses the mark. They have the better radio though. One service for the high quality audio, one for the deep library, and one for video. But no TV service. Dropped YT TV like a nuclear hot potato when they jacked up the pricing. For $35 it was cool getting "cable." For $50, no.
Spotify has most of the normal music content that I enjoy barring the occasional weird song, but I do admit that they seem to have few video game OSTs. There are some excellent covers out there, but it just isn't the same, y'know? I sometimes listen to YouTube at work since there are a lot of extended video game soundtracks out there. (Also, no ads because of Adblock Plus. <3 )
...I knew about the $35 YT tier but was unaware of anything beyond that. It's been ages since I've looked at pricing.
Currently playing: Pokemon Scarlet DLC, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch)
On Android, just watch YouTube through your browser, with AdBlock installed.
Since I don't have an iOS phone or tablet, I had to look this one up, but apparently, it works like a charm:
How to block ads on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Download your Content Blocker of choice from the App Store. (We like Crystal You may not see the Content Blocker option in the Settings app without an applicable app installed.
Open the Settings app.
Go to Safari > Content Blockers.
Enable the blockers of your choice.
Here's an additional video that might help explain:
@NEStalgia That's Terry Crews you're talking about, and I hate, hate, HATE that guy. Carrey isn't even half the loudmouth that Crews is, so I'd hardly call that a good comparison.
P.S.
If you detest nerd culture so much, you might wanna give picking up snowboarding a try...
Lol. Given the state and cost of American healthcare, i think I'll skip the snowboard. Much fun as $30k debt, unemployability, and years trapped in incomplete care while developing crippling depression sound, it's easier to just use the PSVR for such thrills and otherwise stay inside a bubble wrapped foam enclosure
For PC/laptop, uBlock Origin is a FAR superior adblocker compared to Ad Block Plus.
Ad Block Plus still allows for "friendly and/or non-intrusive ads", whatever that may mean, since ALL ads are by default unfriendly AND intrusive...
Besides that, there's add-ons for browsers, that work even better to remove ads in videos, such as the excellent Clean YouTube: https://mybrowseraddon.com/clean-youtube.html
Also available for other browsers and smart phones.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@NEStalgia I think I might have to start calling you NEStalgia Jackson, if you go even further with the weirdness, so you might wanna tone it done a notch...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX I have an Android phone. I used to watch YT through the browser on a previous phone and had weird issues with it. I got into the habit of using the YT app since it seems to work better in most cases.
uBlock Plus....I'll have to look into that. I've been relatively happy with ABP though. I'm not against giving some sites their ad revenue (I have ABP turned off here for example), but I also don't want to deal with the spammy popup ads that may or may not contain something nasty. ABP has been good about turning those off at least. I practice safe browsing, but you can never be too careful.
Currently playing: Pokemon Scarlet DLC, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch)
@ThanosReXXX just lazy and yeah that's it.😂😂 was wanting a fans opinion.anyways thanks.like your grammar spotting .like my girlfriend 👍👍il Try not be so lazy with it.who is thanos ?😲
With it, you can manually select banners, buttons and so on to hide/remove.
@ryobi85 Fair enough, I guess. As for the question: I do believe I already answered it in my previous reply to you. There's weblinks to a Marvel page AND a Wikipedia page, that'll tell you all you need to know about Thanos.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
At goodwill.. Ken griffey jr slugfest for n64 for 6 bucks. 1) didn't know good will has games , and retro at that. 2) should i get it? Haven't played it in years and used to love it
@ThanosReXXX Dood, I didn’t even think of that! But to be fair, I have no clue how my subconscious links the things it does, so you’re probably more accurate than not.
Also, I have the annex to myself tomorrow! I’ve already decided I’ll be super productive till about 10a, then I’ll play games.
#MudStrongs
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Has any other Android owner using gboard noticed the autocorrect with swype typing has gone from rock solid to garbage in the last 48 hours? I have to write everything 6 times before it stops writing total nonsense!
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