[PLUG] YouTube spam filter

[Chuck Hast]

Same here, just tried that search and got no intrusive propaganda.
Wonder why you got it?

On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 11:58 PM Jim Karlock <jjkarlock at gmail.com> wrote:

> I download a lot of Youtube stuff and the downloads are ad free.
>
> Thanks
> JK
>
>
> At 09:39 PM 8/21/2020, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> >This may belong on plug-talk, but my problem probably has
> >a technical solution to block YouTube spam, without getting
> >into the sordid politics beneath.
> >
> >This evening, I searched for a YouTube video about opening
> >a can with a manual rotary can opener.  See the PPS below.
> >
> >The problem is, a well funded national politician has
> >saturated YouTube with a gazillion whack-a-mole pop-up
> >attack ads, and I can't close them fast enough to finish
> >the video I want to see.
> >
> >I do NOT want to discuss that politician on plug-linux, or
> >even discuss why Google allows their YouTube service to be
> >ruined this way, as Google already has more money than God
> >and doesn't need an extra billion or two from that national
> >politician in return for destroying YouTube.
> >
> >I do not want to discuss either of those subjects here.
> >PLUG-TALK please.
> >
> >-----
> >
> >The TECHNICAL/LINUX subject:
> >
> >I WANT to learn what SOFTWARE or TECHNIQUES to use to
> >filter and block the F***ING pop-ups.  Unless I do that,
> >YouTube is ruined.  Other services may soon be ruined as
> >well.  I need to find and install and learn those tools
> >before the internet turns into S*** and I can't get to
> >the tools.
> >
> >I use Firefox an older version of CentOS Linux on a small
> >screen 4GB laptop; I hope for a compatible solution.
> >
> >Alternately, perhaps "we" (meaning those of you who know
> >how to write code) can develop tools to migrate useful
> >YouTube videos to Internet Archive, and tools to protect
> >the Archive from vandalism.  I prefer both personal as well
> >as institutional defenses.
> >
> >Keith
> >
> >P.S. Google?  This is forwarded to many gmail addresses,
> >so your servers are capturing dozens of copies of this
> >email.  Please do the right thing; your business won't
> >survive if we deploy better solutions than Google.
> >
> >P.P.S. Most people don't know the can opener trick; I saw
> >snippets of a really annoying video by a motormouth moron
> >who doesn't know the trick either.
> >
> >Turn the handle a quarter turn the opposite way before
> >turning it your normal away all the way around to open
> >the can.  The lid always separates cleanly that way,
> >because the cuts line up at the closing.
> >
> >You're welcome ...
> >
> >--
> >Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com
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