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[–] [email protected] 194 points 1 year ago (3 children)

All these news about X going to shit feels like that gif of the truck driving towards the pole but constantly cutting before the impact

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I watched two ads just to get rickrolled.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get Sync for Lemmy. Never get rickrolled again!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sync is nice but I’m on ios. Currently using Avelon and it shows link previews, but only for the site.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It still shocks me every time I encounter people browsing the internet without an ad blocker. Just why?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah I got rickrolled right away.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How would my mom go about easily blocking YouTube ads on her iPhone?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Install AdGuard pro and replace YouTube app with a shortcut to open YouTube in Safari. Adblockers can’t block ads in the app but can in Safari.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She wouldn't, that's why she bought an iPhone, because "it just works!".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So then it really shouldn't be too shocking for the person I replied to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

im presuming not many mothers who dont understand the difference between an app and a webpage are on lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

This comment made my Internet today. 🏆

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How dare you. No, this one. (Really, though. It's been a while and I wanted to see it again, happy to be of service.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/Ex2NB7JsLyA

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't it have been amazing if you linked to the same video again to troll everyone, and I comment to confirm that it is the right video while the whole time it is not?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine getting Rick rolled by a fucking bot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And somehow you're scoring downvotes.

Are the bots offended and downvoting now?

[–] Jay 12 points 1 year ago

Exactly! That's exactly how it feels!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They really are an infinite content machine, just not thru the website