Gina @Gina@fosstodon.org

I made a hasty conclusion based on faulty troubleshooting yesterday (lol) and you know what I realized?

NOT ONCE did I receive insults or threats. I guarantee you, if this was #Twitter, it would have been very different.

So thanks everyone, for making the #fediverse a nice place. 😊

I discovered why the uBlock icon wasn't showing up in my taskbar. 🎉 The 'run in private browser' option was disabled.

Why did I not think of this? Because I didn't know that "disabling cookies and site data when Firefox is closed'' == "permanent private browsing mode" despite Firefox displaying a VERY CLEAR WARNING. 🤦‍♀️

Still doesn't explain seeing ads after installing uBlock Origin and the lack of adds directly after disabling DRM, but at least I can use YT again. Sorry for the drama yall 😙

Just restarted my whole system. I still see YT ads on Firefox. uBlock Origin is enabled, Widevine disabled, so I'm guessing it's not the latter.

SORRY FOLKS, PLEASE LOWER YOUR PITCHFORKS, IT maybe WASN'T GOOGLE THIS TIME. 😂😂

So yeah anywho welcome to the adventure that is adblocking. Sorry for the crappy troubleshooting, been out of IT too long 😂

Just tried reproducing it.

The first time Widevine was on by default, I installed uBlock Origin, and restarted Firefox. Ads weren't blocked. I disabled Widevine, ads were suddenly blocked.

Just uninstalled uBlock Origin. Enabled Widevine. Restarted browser. Installed uBlock Origin. Restart browser. Widewine still enabled. I see ads. I then disabled Widevine and lo and behold I don't see ads.

HOWEVER, I restarted Firefox again. Now Widevine is disabled, and crap I see YT ads again.

Oh holy crap I found the culprit!

#Firefox came with this Widevine DRM extension by #Google. That was overriding uBlock Origin. As soon as I disabled the YT ads were gone. TIL.

Am I the only one who's adblockers in #Firefox don't work anymore when it comes to #Youtube?

Super annoying, it basically makes watching Youtube from a browser impossible.

My mom: "straight to the fish gulags with you."

That #5randomthings tag made me remember something else. In elementary school we all had to take a typing course. This was sold to us as hugely important, since a typing certificate was required for office jobs.

They gave us these massive old typewriters. My fingers would always miss the keys, which hurt. Being a stubborn kid, I quit the course. It was hammered into me that I would not have a future. "Did I not want to become a secretary?!"

I still type weird, but I think I ended up ok. 😂😂

It's snowing in #TheNetherlands. Dutch is curious but not a fan. 😹

Currently enjoying the "Designing a human centric next generation internet" talk by @jens #fosdem #fosdem21

https://live.fosdem.org/watch/dcollab

Meanwhile, #theNetherlands is frantically preparing for 10cm of snow this weekend. Our Prime Minister is urging people to please not fall during ice skating. ❤️

✅ Belgian waffle
✅ Belgian beer
✅ Laptop open

Ready for #Fosdem 🥳🎉

Oooh I completely forgot that #Fosdem is this weekend!! 🥳🥳🎉 #fosdem21

Diving into the schedule today: https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/