YouTube ad.

In the end I was finally so PO'd with my Blu Ray needing to update copyright protections and download the latest trailers before doing anything I switch to having a PC connected to my TV instead and threw out the Blu-ray.
I just wanted to sit down for a movie or dinner without screwing around or finishing my meal long before the movie even starts.
With streaming services that came later it was much easier to do that again. However with the cable-ification of the streaming services that PC on my TV is looking pretty good again..
- Get a cheap chromecast, install stremio https://www.stremio.com/downloads install torrentio add on for stremio https://torrentio.strem.fun/configure
  Enjoy a Netflix like experience with everything available in one place. In fact do this even if you use a pc, I just recommend chromecast because I like having a standard remote to control it.
YouTube videos aren't paid products (and if you do pay there are supposedly no ads), so it's not the same thing. But regardless, the frequency of the ads is insufferable!
The unstoppable you wouldn't download a car
- Kinda ironic that they put anti-piracy PSAs on DVDs. Like, you obviously bought the movie, but don't you dare pirate it!
- With 3D printers, you now CAN download a car.
cf. https://youtu.be/o4GZUCwVRLs (Louis Rossman's latest video)
- Shoutout to his Odysee channel.
How's it backwards for YouTube? You pay to not see ads. Seems like that's what you want.

it even happens with paid Amazon prime now. I just started a movie, got an ad. Stopped it and restarted it, got the same ad.

Big tech is making SNAFU a reality for streaming.

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- In my experience libretube with default instances is bad, I couldn't even watch a single video without buffering every 3 minutes for a minute.
  With a selfhosted instance however, libretube is perfect
- This is the GOAT IMHO, it is worth it even if you pay for YT premium.
$ mpv ${URL}
Adblockers time is coming to an end sadly. If it isn't this round, eventually someone is going to make it impossible to use the Internet with an adblocker.
Money owns the internet and money wants more money.
- Lol sure the entire open source community is just gonna give up. You called it.
- There's just one small problem which is that my computer is a general purpose machine which means I can make it do whatever I want. They can invent new tricks, but we can always counter them.

Not using an adblocker?

Only a jabroni would have a laptop on the kitchen table while they eat

- After working in IT support for years I can assure you that is probably very common. One fat guy named Mel had the dirtiest keyboard I've ever seen and it was absolutely repulsive. Glad I don't deal with those disgusting slobs anymore.
Gatekeeping where someone can use thier laptop in their own home seems wack. Although, I'd advise to not use it in the shower.
- Only a jabroni would think that was wack
What's up jabroni

Nothing like ad blocking and good ol piracy

...why would I watch YouTube for entertainment though? Probably an episode of Doctor Who to catch up before the 23rd. Also, I own a television.

Far more interesting youtube creators than almost everything on television, esp. after the writer strike. Less commercials, skip capability, que capability. Television has been obsolete for many of us for over a decade. I honestly don't understand why anyone still pays for cable unless they are over 70.
It's still baffles me that people still say that YouTube has been around for decades now. There is all sorts of interesting content creators. It is an old family guy reruns.
If you think YouTube is boring that's on you for not finding interesting content, and watching crap instead which means that the algorithm just offers you more crap.
Find what you're interested in and watch it and then the algorithm will start recommending other stuff along the same lines maybe subscribe to a few channels I think I'm literally subscribed to hundreds of channels. I barely ever watched stuff the algorithm suggests any more because I found pretty much a constant stream of good quality content creators.
Idk but I just realised my idea of entertainment are video essays, free online class courses, educational videos, movie critiques and cat videos
Personally I prefer documentaries, educational content and investigative journalism. YouTube excels for these genres, especially since PBS is primarily using YouTube these days.
I stopped watching TV. YouTube is my TV nowadays (and Nebula). I still don't see ads on YouTube thankfully, and Nebula is paid for so they don't need ads.

what are you watching first?

Extremely presumptuous that it will be a video on your platform, YouTube.

Lol it's funny, because it is true

No ads. Newpipe FTW.

Tubi

Spiffing Britt 100 days Skyrim hard mode.

Nothing, I own a room big enough for a TV.

Who even uses laptops anymore?

Edit: got the Laptop Gestapo in my notifs for this one

People that own laptops would be my guess.
- Confirmed, I own a laptop and also use it
- You might be on to something
- You don't you it up to your TV?
- Elaborate
What's wrong with laptops?
- Nothings wrong with them, they just occupy a similar place in my mind as a tablet: Once popular for casual use but ended up as an awkward middle grounds between mobile phones and desktops that are now only used for business or school work.
Most people. What the hell do you use?
- Custom PC as main and two i7 Intel NUCs as seedbox and HTPC.
People who need a portable computer. Tablets haven't quite advanced far enough to replace them entirely.
fuckers with limited space so potentially 99% of people
- And cats.
I imagine lots of people, otherwise why do they keep making them.
You should try viewing the world from a different perspective other than your own. There are billions of us, each living equally as important lives as yours.
People who can afford more than one room and want a computer in each.
Edit: got the Laptop Gestapo in my notifs for this one
Big Laptop trying to shut down the speakers of truth!