• saltnotsugar@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    I only use my programming for good. For instance Bat_Count.exe lets the user enter a number and then the Count from sesame street will count to this number and say “Ah ah ah!” at the end.

  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    I feel like we’re regressing back to the Netscape Navigator/Internet Explorer browser war days, when browsers were openly and intentionally breaking functionality on competing sites.

    • SorryQuick@lemmy.ca
      2·
      1 year ago

      I assume they wrote it as 5000 and it got changed to 5E3 by the minifier as it saves a byte?

      • dan@upvote.au
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah that’d be my guess. Minifiers squeeze every byte. true and false get minified to !0 and !1 respectively.

  • dot@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    1 year ago

    this all youtube thing is kinda depressing as it highlights how much the web is dependent on this platform, there are and will be no “exits” or blackouts, no alternative platforms, and as much as we’d like to think that we “the users” are heard or in control, we aren’t :(

    • Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Not with that attitude. There is no reason we can’t cultivate alternatives like PeerTube. No video platform starts with a massive library and if we actually want to take back our digital rights then we have to put our foot down and give a hard “no” to trading those rights away just because we really want to watch a particular creator on a corporate platform. It’s the only way to not only stick it to Google but also let creators know that viewers will not tolerate the likes of Google.

      • flashgnash@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        I think the hosting is the real problem. For something like Lemmy where it’s just text it’s not too expensive, but when you need to store and stream videos for free I have to imagine most people wouldn’t be able to afford that without charging for it and the moment you start charging you can’t compete with YouTube anymore

        • jackpot@lemmy.ml
          0·
          1 year ago

          i think the solution could be a FOSS torrenting site where everyone hosts their own videos (or maybe a stream only site?). people are already willing to fork over for netflix so maybe if the content quality was extremely high theyd shift (e.g. nebula)

          • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yep, this is already a solved problem via torrents. All that’s needed is a site (like lemmy or something else) to host the links, and help with content discovery.

  • jeebus@kbin.social
    0·
    1 year ago

    I don’t understand why people don’t pay for YouTube premium. Best streaming service I pay for. No ad blockers required. When I watch YouTube at someone else’s house the ads drive me nuts.

    • pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      • it’s too expensive to begin with. 14$/month ? Netflix is more expensive to run and is cheaper. I would be fine paying 5€/month tho.

      • at this point YouTube made a point I was not an acceptable client for them (5s delay because I’m not using the company mandated browser) so I’m not supporting that.

      You want my money Google? You already did. I bought a fucking pixel 8 pro because it’s a goddamn amazing phone. Do the same with YouTube.