• paydequeso@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    😭 <- me when someone uses ad-infested youtube.

    • Firefox + uBlock
    • Fennec + uBlock
    • Grayjay
    • Smart tube
    • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      It’s not OP’s fault English is a stupid language with words that sound identical but carry different meanings. I’m of the mindset that so long as it’s legible it is correct. look at Old English. It was much more phonetic than modern English is. Scribes wrote words as they sounded. Languages like English have so many dumb and unnecessary rules as well. Why the fuck do we need capitalization rules anyway? Latin doesn’t have it.

      • daddycool@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Getting corrected is how you learn. I often spell words wrong, because English isn’t my first language, but I don’t mind being corrected.

        But when to use “your” and “you’re” is actually fairly easy to remember. “You’re” is short for “you are” and is used when YOU are doing something. “Your” is used when someone else is doing something.

        You’re sleeping vs. your cat is sleeping.

        • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I don’t disagree but I think you’re missing my point. Minor variations of spelling shouldn’t matter, so long as it’s legible. If someone says dey instead of they, dat instead of that, wader instead of water, why should that be any less correct? I know it’s not exactly an apple to apples comparison but I believe language should be more flexible. So long as it’s understandable, why should it matter? Especially because English has and will continue to evolve in our lifetime. Why do people think in terms of absolutes?

          • daddycool@lemmy.world
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            4 months ago

            Because we have to agree on a standard. Or else we end up with nobody understanding each other.

            Yes, language changes over time, but we all agree on those changes.

            If we can just use what we each think is close enough we could end up with: water -> wader -> vader -> voder -> vodar -> voda.

            An ad sum pojnt no wun kan ondestant vod ani 1 ses.

            • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
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              4 months ago

              That’s not how language works. Language isn’t some absolute. English for example has many dialects, some of which are difficult for other speakers to understand. I disagree with the notion that we all have to agree with changes being made to our language. Zoomers are using words like skibidi, rizz, and fanumtax. Skibidi may fizzle out or it might be adopted by the masses and become ubiquitous a word as water. My point is that if me and enough people decide your is the correct spelling of you’re than it becomes the correct spelling.

              “And at some point no one can understand what anyone says.” Funny, you’re (yes, I said you’re on purpose) example sentence looks more Germanic than modern English lol.

              In conclusion, let’s not interfere with the natural evolution of language. It’s a beautiful thing to bear witness to.

              • daddycool@lemmy.world
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                4 months ago

                Dialects and slang doesn’t translate to correct spelling and grammar. Sure, sometimes slang gets adopted in the dictionary, and that is when it is added to the standard we all agree on.

      • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Capitalization between sentences is needed because the period is so small. Or, the period can be small because we use capitalization between sentences. If we changed the symbol for the end of a sentence we could stop capitalizing the first letter of a sentence.

        Maybe that will happen someday, but not soon.

        If the point of written language is for the writer to communicate effectively, it’s important to follow the current rules, as you have.

      • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Agreed. Back then, dictionaries were basically suggestions and fiction. People only really started caring about modern consistent spelling relatively recently (19th century), but it’s assumed that’s always been the case. People used to just make up words as it made sense, like colour. Someone just made up that word and now we all use it, but God forbid anyone get creative nowadays! There’s been dozens of both successful and failed “spelling reforms”. Some people just decided on this one spelling and we all now pretend it was gospel.

        Then the grammar Nazis come out of the woodwork, as if they cannot possibly understand anything you wrote, because of this one small error. It’s not helpful or interesting behaviour, it’s like pointing out a smudge on an artwork.

        Most other languages on Earth have an intuitive way of spelling and sounding out letters, with actual rules, to the point where you can understand how to say something just by reading it. English has no such feature, despite some efforts. Every word is it’s own unique creature with it’s own unique spelling and pronunciation and history.

        All the helpful features of English to help you know how to pronounce something have been stripped out to make it “simplified”. Ever wonder why they’re called “simplified English dictionaries”? Because there used to be other kinds of English and dictionaries. Because it spells it “naive” instead of “naïve”. The extra dot on the vowel used to mean that you say the vowels separately instead of smooshed together; na-i-ve.

        Fucking dogshit language. It’s my first language, but I found my second and third languages easier to learn and more logical and intuitive. Now that’s saying something.

        Also since you asked, capital letters were actually invented by the Romans, as a helpful optional feature to make things easier to read. They thought it looked cool to have Important Things be different.

      • M137@lemmy.today
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        4 months ago

        It’s really fucking not hard to learn the correct usage. You’re: you are, your: something belonging to or being part of you. You’re isn’t a word, it’s a contraction of two words. It’s so fucking simple to understand when to use any contraction or similar sounding word that there is never an excuse to get it wrong. It’s also mostly native English speakers who get it wrong and part of that is the American educational system being one kf the worst in the world.

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          Shit like that used to bug me but eventually I realized it was a waste of time getting set off by incorrect word use or spelling. As long as the message isn’t ambiguous, who cares? And even when it’s on the border, it’s often clear enough from the context what they really mean (though can be fun to deliberately misinterpret it).

        • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          It could also be that language evolves with time. If more people use “your”, regardless of what the dictionary says than it’s correct. I believe there will come a day when you’re and your cease to be different.

  • ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    There are levels of brainrot I hopefully never achieve. Though I noticed it’s become difficult to just brush my teeth in the evenings…

      • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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        4 months ago

        You can use an android phone and block all the ads. This is what deterred me from iPhone last time. Greyjay, pipepipe, etc. No ads. Plus uBlock for Firefox. Among other huge advantages.

        • M137@lemmy.today
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          4 months ago

          Adguard on iPhone does that, as with android it sets up as a VPN and blocks adds in all apps.

          • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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            4 months ago

            Last I used iPhone it was simply not possible to block ads. Super annoying.

            • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              4 months ago

              I’ve been using Firefox Focus to block ads, including YouTube video ads, for almost a decade on iOS lawl

              • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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                4 months ago

                Weird. I think the last time I tried was circa 2020 iPhone xr and yes, I always use Firefox focus if available. Don’t recall it blocking YouTube ads ornahving addon capabilities.

                Androids always been more flexible.

        • hopesfall@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          Really surprised that this is readily available on the app store, tried it out for a bit and it seems to be working. Didn’t sign in yet but it looks pretty safe.

          Thanks for the heads up.

          • vogi@piefed.socialEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Yeah, I was surprised as well. I believe most of these kind of apps get around it by advertising as a RSS Reader or generic Mediathek. But from the Screenshots its hard to mistake it for something other than a YT Client. Guess Apple does dont care about it as much as Google would.

            If it works maybe we should keep it on the down low. Also only heard of it by chance.

  • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    this is why i switched to audio books now. better content. no ads. And speakers are water proof these days

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Why are got guys watching ads?

    Seriously, I don’t get it.

    You don’t have to watch ads on YouTube. Not on your TV, not on your phone.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I got one of those phone cases thay you glue to your shower wall. Its waterproof and still works with my phone touchscreen. 10/10 can skip any adda

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Also, Newpipe for mobile and FreeTube for PC

      Edit: Someone in this thread mentioned Pipepipe, a fork of Newpipe with extra features. I had not heard of it, but it’s worth investigating

        • blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          4 months ago

          Morphe is the way to go these days, the maintainer of Revanced pissed off its main contributors and they went over and made Morphe. Revanced’s significant recent updates have been to catch up with Morphe.

          It also supports sourcing patches from other contributors directly so there are patches for apps like Chess.com and TikTok on Morphe that aren’t available on Revanced.

    • iuminou@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 months ago

      not “on mobile”, on android

      not on ios because all ios browsers are safari wrappers, per apples policy

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Getchu one of these.

    For those who play YouTube or other videos in the shower, it is really nice. Make sure it fits your case though. My wife doesn’t use ours because her otter box monstrosity wont let the cover shut.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Or just get a water resistant phone. Though I would suggest caution when it’s soapy water because that affects the surface tension of the water, which could mean some can slip past the seals that normally keep water out.

      Though I have a water resistant phone but have never brought it into the shower with me. It was more of a case of not wanting to be worried about my phone in any kind of a situation involving water. Like going in to one of those 3D movie attractions with moving seats that sprayed water, I was concerned about whether I should be concerned about my phone getting wet. Turned out to be just tiny amounts of water and nothing to be concerned about even if I had my phone out, but after that I wanted to remove that worry from the list entirely.

      • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Heat and steam can also be a factor in a water breach. A phone that can be fully submerged into a pool of water may or may not stand up well to steam at its seams, particularly where those seams have different materials with different expansion rates due to heat, like glass and aluminum. Small gaps may open, even if invisible to the eye, and steam can seap in. It may not even be a problem immediately but get worse later when the steam cools and condensates.

        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          Yeah, though at least pressure doesn’t really factor in, which I think is where most cases of steam breaching a water seal comes in to play. But if gases can be exchanged, steam is way higher humidity than air normally and can condense inside.

          My guess would be the odds of a soap or steam breach on a water resistant phone is very low, but if you bring your phone in for every shower, you might be tempting those odds.

    • Liana@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Or if you’re a poor high school student like I was, chuck it in a ziploc and set it on the caddy.