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Libervurto
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Posted: 8th Aug 2013 18:49 Edited at: 8th Aug 2013 18:50
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I have been really impressed by DoNotTrackMe and MaskMe, both made by Abine, so I wanted to share them here. What plug-ins have impressed you lately?

Privacy & Security
* DoNotTrackMe — Prevents websites from tracking your activity. It even stops Facebook from monitoring you through pages that contain "like" buttons.
* MaskMe — Protects your personal information by generating masked email accounts and passwords whenever you are required to give these details.
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KeithC
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Posted: 8th Aug 2013 19:05
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I have noticed that the ad-blocker for FF seems to be blocking ALL ads on my Pandora account. It's been song after song, without interruption for a few days now.

-Keith

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Phaelax
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Posted: 8th Aug 2013 21:47
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For Chrome:

Session Manager
Quick Javascript Switcher
Adblock Plus (which doesn't seem to block youtube video ads like it claims)
Disconnect
Facebook Disconnect
Edit This Cookie

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Fluffy Rabbit
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Dark Frager
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Posted: 8th Aug 2013 23:28
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I like Avast WebRep.

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mr Handy
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 00:26
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Quote: "Adblock Plus (which doesn't seem to block youtube video ads like it claims)"

I has Chrome and has never seen any ad on youtube.

"Just because you’re unique, doesn’t mean you’re useful"

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The Zoq2
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 00:41
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Quote: "I has Chrome and has never seen any ad on youtube."


That is really weird... I guess it may be one of those "cirtain countries don't get ads"...

Also, regarding adblock on youtube, there are a lot of people that do youtube as a fulltime job and ads being their only revenue stream. If you use adblock, they don't get any money from your views. Personaly I have adblock dissabled on most sites since it usualy heplps fund the site/content.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 00:50
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Quote: "Also, regarding adblock on youtube, there are a lot of people that do youtube as a fulltime job and ads being their only revenue stream. If you use adblock, they don't get any money from your views. Personaly I have adblock dissabled on most sites since it usualy heplps fund the site/content."


^ This

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Libervurto
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 01:10
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Quote: "there are a lot of people that do youtube as a full-time job and ads being their only revenue stream. If you use ad-block, they don't get any money from your views. Personally I have ad-block disabled on most sites since it usualy heplps fund the site/content."

That is true, but I don't think youtube help the issue. They don't provide any options for the types of ads you receive or when you receive them, they don't even structure their URLs so that each content creator has a subdomain that can be excluded from ad-block by people who want to support particular content creators but block the majority of ads. (I've sent youtube a feedback message with that suggestion.)

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Chris Tate
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 01:28 Edited at: 9th Aug 2013 01:31
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Quote: "Also, regarding adblock on youtube, there are a lot of people that do youtube as a fulltime job and ads being their only revenue stream"


I find that extremely hard to believe; and it is all their fault that these Ad Blockers exist in the first place; they exploited our 'personal computing' to the point a solution had to be developed. I have had my fair share of abominable disastrous attempts to 'advertise' to me, only to do nothing other than irritate me.

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budokaiman
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 01:33 Edited at: 9th Aug 2013 02:45
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For chrome:

Checker Plus for Gmail
Checker Plus for Google Calendar
Last Pass
Xmarks
WOT
AdBlock Plus
Disconnect
Boomerang for Gmail
Clickable Links
Honey
Https Everywhere
Twurl
YouTube Options
Stay Focusd

I've been told that I use too many extensions...


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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 01:34
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I have an idea, it may be great or it may be terrible. Basically, on Youtube you would be able to choose between a normal mode where you would see ads before videos, or you could choose a 'points' mode where you would go and view ads tailored to your interests and build up points as you watched them. The points would then be used to watch videos.
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mr Handy
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 02:35
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Imagine if you went to the cinema to watch "Despicable me 2", and movie breaks several times for ad. Like it? Why not support cinema this way? Payed for a ticket you say? But you pay for interent too.

"Just because you’re unique, doesn’t mean you’re useful"

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MrValentine
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 04:08
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Quote: "Imagine if you went to the cinema to watch "Despicable me 2", and movie breaks several times for ad. Like it? Why not support cinema this way? Payed for a ticket you say? But you pay for interent too."


I buy DVD's and Ray-Blu's and I still have to sit there feeling like a [insert preferred term here] when I have to sit there forcibly and read that Piracy is a crime for 30-60 seconds...

YAY...

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Ortu
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 05:32
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for FF: firebug

I'm gonna be king of the moon dots!
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Jeku
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 06:40
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Quote: "Imagine if you went to the cinema to watch "Despicable me 2", and movie breaks several times for ad. Like it? Why not support cinema this way? Payed for a ticket you say? But you pay for interent too."


But what movies on YouTube break for ads in the middle? None of them do. You see the ad at the beginning, like when you go to the cinema and you see several ads before the movie.


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Hockeykid
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 08:49 Edited at: 9th Aug 2013 08:52
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Quote: "But what movies on YouTube break for ads in the middle? None of them do. "


Longer videos do, here\'s an example:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAU6dtQ9yS0[/youtube]


Sean

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Wolf
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 09:10
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My youtube downloader

http://www.serygalacaffeine.com
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mr Handy
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 11:52 Edited at: 9th Aug 2013 11:58
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Quote: "But what movies on YouTube break for ads in the middle?"

Very popular youtube shows, ~15-20 min long with one or two(!) ad breaks, not taking intro ad and pop-ups in count.

Here is a quick example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRn2fIgC0DM
Intro break ad, 10 of 16 seconds are skippable.
Middle break ad, 16 of 16 seconds are unskippable.

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The Zoq2
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 12:10
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Quote: "Imagine if you went to the cinema to watch "Despicable me 2", and movie breaks several times for ad. Like it? Why not support cinema this way? Payed for a ticket you say? But you pay for interent too."


You don't pay for the content of the internet, you pay your ISP to allow you to use their hardware to connect to a group of other similar networks which is known as the internet.

If you watch a movie in the cinema, you pay both the cinema and the movie producers some money. If you watch a youtube video without ads, the creators or the "cinema" (youtube) don't get any money.

And I know that some channels put ads in the middle of their videos, I havnt seen anyone putting 2 in a 20 min video though. But are they realy that annoying, usually you can skip them within 5 seconds and if you can't, they won't play longer than 15 seconds. Compare that to TV where a "one hour" show is actually 40 minutes of actual content and 20 minutes of ads.

Quote: "They don't provide any options for the types of ads you receive or when you receive them"


A quick google search found this.

This page (linked in the previous will allow you to change the autogenerated interests which should give you ads related to those interests.

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mr Handy
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 12:32 Edited at: 9th Aug 2013 13:05
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Quote: "You don't pay for the content of the internet"

No pay = no youtube. You paying to view content of the whole internet. It's just the other point of view.

I understand why you like ads on youtube. It allows you to "support" videomakers without spending any money. That's [no offence] so hebrew. Donation is the ultimate thing. Just give $10 to your favorite videomaker to show your appreciation.

"Just because you’re unique, doesn’t mean you’re useful"

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Gingerkid Jack
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 12:54
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My friend is a video maker on YouTube and it is his full time job, however he also uses Adblock plus too! But I think that a small advert is okay at the beginning of a YouTube video is okay but I don't agree with adverts in the middle of a YouTube video and this is why I use Adblocker.

Gingerkid Jack - www.youtube.com/thegingerkidjack
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mr Handy
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 13:04 Edited at: 9th Aug 2013 13:07
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By the way - there is a version of adblock with a list of "fair" ads, that doesn't bother user therefore not blocked.

Quote: "My friend is a video maker on YouTube and it is his full time job"

Tell me more please; what he is doing and how much does he earns, from what sources?

"Just because you’re unique, doesn’t mean you’re useful"

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The Zoq2
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 13:24
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Quote: "Tell me more please; what he is doing and how much does he earns, from what sources?"


Youtube does not allow the content creators to state how much they earn from ads.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 13:36
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Quote: "Youtube does not allow the content creators to state how much they earn from ads."


BS. we already know the people invited to some YT events earn in excess of $100,000 not even going to bother searching for the article...

But I think some people on there really create some good content but many quit early... shame really...

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Gingerkid Jack
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You are not allowed to disclose how much you earn. Doesn't stop people guessing though!

This website is quite good at estimating income

Gingerkid Jack - www.youtube.com/thegingerkidjack
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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 9th Aug 2013 22:29 Edited at: 10th Aug 2013 02:03
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HTTPS Everywhere (uses secure connections where possible)
NoScript (Blocks all Javascript, Java and Flash unless whitelisted - woo, no more flash!)
Reddit Enhancement Suite (extremely useful extension which streamlines Reddit)
Firesheep (demonstrate to people why they should be using HTTPS when possible)

Firefox settings are set to use the Do not Track extension.

You get 500MB extra space on Dropbox... I get 500MB extra space on Dropbox

Everyone's happy!
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Phaelax
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Posted: 10th Aug 2013 05:04 Edited at: 10th Aug 2013 05:04
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As far as blocking ads go, I thought the person only gets paid when you click on the ad. And since I never click on ads, ever, blocking them doesn't hurt them any more than me ignoring it.

Wilderbeast, I used Firesheep before too. But it never seemed to be able to do what it claims.

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The Zoq2
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Posted: 10th Aug 2013 11:31
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Most ads pay for views and not clicks. With youtube I believe that they get money if you watch the whole ad, or atleast longer than before the skip button appears. But you never have to click the ad to "give" them money

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