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  • I see ads in Safari and Chrome, but not in Firefox

    From Dudley Brooks@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 29 10:47:37 2022
    I'd been using Firefox for years, and never got ads with any videos.

    When I switched to Safari I suddenly started seeing ads. I tried
    Chrome, and also see ads.

    I don't remember what I did in Firefox to not see ads -- it was so long ago.

    Maybe it's because I have a YouTube channel?

    But Safari shows me logged in as my channel, and it still presents ads.

    Maybe the qualifying info to not receive ads is stored in some cookie
    that Firefox has access to, but not the other browsers?

    Anyway ... what do I look for and what do I do to get equally ad-free in
    Safari and Chrome?

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Dudley Brooks on Tue Nov 29 23:26:46 2022
    Ad blocker?

    Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
    I'd been using Firefox for years, and never got ads with any videos.

    When I switched to Safari I suddenly started seeing ads. I tried
    Chrome, and also see ads.

    I don't remember what I did in Firefox to not see ads -- it was so long ago.

    Maybe it's because I have a YouTube channel?

    But Safari shows me logged in as my channel, and it still presents ads.

    Maybe the qualifying info to not receive ads is stored in some cookie
    that Firefox has access to, but not the other browsers?

    Anyway ... what do I look for and what do I do to get equally ad-free in Safari and Chrome?


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  • From Dudley Brooks@21:1/5 to Ant on Wed Nov 30 18:52:55 2022
    On 11/29/22 3:26 PM, Ant wrote:

    Ad blocker?

    I don't really use an ad blocker in Firefox. I *have* one ... but I
    don't use it.

    And in Firefox I see *all* YouTube videos ad-free ... without having to
    do anything.

    Perhaps I should start using an ad blocker in Safari and one in Chrome
    ... but then I'd have to turn it on for every individual YouTube video
    that has ads ... and that would be almost as time-consuming and
    irritating as putting up with the ads.

    I wish I could remember what I did that got rid of *all* ads when using Firefox.

    Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:

    I'd been using Firefox for years, and never got ads with any videos.

    When I switched to Safari I suddenly started seeing ads. I tried
    Chrome, and also see ads.

    I don't remember what I did in Firefox to not see ads -- it was so long ago.

    Maybe it's because I have a YouTube channel?

    But Safari shows me logged in as my channel, and it still presents ads.

    Maybe the qualifying info to not receive ads is stored in some cookie
    that Firefox has access to, but not the other browsers?

    Anyway ... what do I look for and what do I do to get equally ad-free in
    Safari and Chrome?

    --
    Dudley Brooks, Artistic Director
    Run For Your Life! ... it's a dance company!
    San Francisco

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