I also don’t agree with the killer games thing, but humans are very adaptable as a species.

Normally that’s a good thing, but in a case like this exposure to something shocking or upsetting can make it less shocking or upsetting over time (obviously not in every case). So, if AI is being used for something like this and being reported on isn’t it possible that people might slowly get desensitized to it over time?

That’s fair, but I still think it shouldn’t be accepted or allowed.

Fair enough. I still think it shouldn’t be allowed though.

Yes, but how is the AI making the images or videos? It has to be trained on SOMETHING.

So, regardless of direct harm or not, harm is done at some point in the process and it needs to be stopped before it slips and gets worse because people “get used to” it.

They’ve accomplished nothing except further pissing off some of their most competent user base.

I don’t think they’ve cared about the competent users for a very long time. They only want the users who click OK or Next without reading or thinking.

I only know the DNS blocking from them.

ETA: Not sure if their app does more.

DNS blocking (such as AdGuard) doesn’t work for everything. Ad blocking extensions are the only way to block YouTube ads in your browser as far as I know.

Good thing there’s so many options for people to find what they’re looking for.

Thunder is my personal recommendation with Raccoon being my next choice.

If you’re interested that is. Otherwise just pretend I was never here.

Probably upset about “Happy Holidays” or something.

Nice. I’m hoping to get there eventually, but work stuff is keeping me on Windows.

When I stop needing Windows, that’s gonna be one of the first distros I try. Haven’t tried the atomic distros properly yet.

I’ve heard good things about Bazzite if that’s an option for you.

Well, that’s not surprising to see. Thanks for the clarification.

Would not be surprised at all. Just want people to know about that instead of still being mad about some bullshit someone spewed years ago.

This was apparently never an official statement. It was someone in an interview that misspoke.

A Firefox fork like IronFox with an aggressive adblocker setup like uBlock Origin in medium mode blocks paywalls and all kinds of annoying popups on most sites. Takes a bit of tweaking to not break some sites, but after that it’s amazing.

I also got this a week or so ago.

What’s the actual end-game plan here? Wouldn’t some kind of scam work better on bigger, more populated social media like Facebook or Twitter?

I just can’t imagine what the actual goal of this spammy bullshit is on the Fediverse specifically.

So, I’m using IronFox on Android with uBlock Origin on medium mode. Not an ad or other problem to be seen on that site. On Windows I use LibreWolf with the same uBlock setup.

These are aggressive setups that can break some sites, but after a while of tweaking it carefully you don’t notice it’s there anymore.

Sounds like a dream job if it wasn’t Fox or similar.