To dissuade users from using ad blockers on YouTube, Google began by pausing videos with a nag to turn off ad blocking. Then, it added an intentional...
Hear ye, hear ye, anonymous Internet people for the accouncment of my next step in my war on Googles war on ad blockers: Using their goddamn products even less. Bing and other search engines are honestly not as far behind as memes make it seem. Free Email accounts are provided by at least a dozen other providers, and Open Street Maps and Apple Maps have gotten really good. And Google Chrome has always been an atrocious memory hog.
Are Google products better in some aspects in some use cases? Sure. But the middle finger to goddamn Google is worth it.
Hear ye, hear ye, anonymous Internet people for the accouncment of my next step in my war on Googles war on ad blockers: Using their goddamn products even less. Bing and other search engines are honestly not as far behind as memes make it seem. Free Email accounts are provided by at least a dozen other providers, and Open Street Maps and Apple Maps have gotten really good. And Google Chrome has always been an atrocious memory hog.
Are Google products better in some aspects in some use cases? Sure. But the middle finger to goddamn Google is worth it.