YT didn't have to build their platform on the web. Nobody forced them to. They could avoid all of these issues by setting up a dedicated client application using a custom protocol with ads already baked into the video stream, for example.

I don't feel like I have an intrinsic right to any content on YT. But I do feel like I have an intrinsic right to use the web the way it's supposed to be used. Which, of course, includes simply ignoring any HTML, CSS, JS or other bits that I don't like. I'm free to send whatever HTTP requests I want to YT, YT is free to respond with whatever they want and I'm free to do whatever I want with their responses. That's just how it is.

If YT doesn't like that... again, nobody is forcing them to use the WWW. They are free to use some locked down technology that better fits their specific needs.

Claiming that I am morally obligated to look at ads on YT is like claiming that I'm morally obligated to look at ads in a print magazine. I hold the magazine in my hands. I flip the pages. I guide my eyes towards the things I want to look at and away from the things I don't want to look at. This is not a surprise to anyone, it's just how reading a magazine works. Same thing with YT ads and the WWW.

The downside is that it's quite a bit different from (and imo a bit worse than) the other books and could mislead you about what the series is like - or even turn you off entirely.

If you're already committed to reading the entire series, I'd start with Consider Phlebas. If you're unsure, start with The Player of Games.

  * Automatic Scaling
  * Additional processes like queue workers, crons, ...
  * Managing rollouts and rollbacks
  * Managed infra (database, cache, ...)
  * Multiple environments
  * Persistent storage
  * Backups
  * Monitoring and health checks
  * Logging and tracing
  * Software updates for the underlying server(s)
  * CDN
  * Failover and redundancy

Laravel Cloud is probably going to provide all of that out of the box. I think that could be attractive for a lot of people.

In other words: If you're trying to improve your security posture, installing an ad-blocker is one of the best things you can do. If you have less tech-savvy friends and relatives, I would strongly recommend setting up uBlock Origin for them.

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- https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in

- https://steamdb.info/login/

- https://www.zabbix.com/forum/

- https://casetext.com/

- https://namemc.com/login

- https://spinroot.com/

- https://camelcamelcamel.com/

It's really annoying and Cloudflare is apparently doing nothing to fix it as this has been going on for months if not years. I guess Cloudflare just hates the open web and really wants to enforce Chrome/Chromium/Blink hegemony.

(I was able to register an account using Chrome)

If I wanted to recreate a subreddit on non.io, how would I do that? How would I enforce rules?

I've seen some people claim that it's just the "powermods" pushing for these blackouts, but that's not my experience at all. Several medium-size subs I frequent (none of them moderated by powermods) made polls and the result was always the same: an overwhelming majority (like 90%+) of users were in favor of shutting down the subreddit.

I really hope Reddit can be saved. It'd be a shame to lose it like this.