ZDNet: There’s an easy way to skip YouTube’s new unskippable ads, but you may not like it. “The ads, which can be 6, 15, or 30 seconds long (Google AI will decide which length is appropriate in which instance), are designed to ‘ensure your message is delivered in its entirety,’ Google says. However, viewers on the receiving end of these ads are using words like unsufferable, miserable, […]

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ZDNet: There’s an easy way to skip YouTube’s new unskippable ads, but you may not like it

ZDNet: There’s an easy way to skip YouTube’s new unskippable ads, but you may not like it. “The ads, which can be 6, 15, or 30 seconds long (Google AI will decide which length is …

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« J’ai décidé de faire mes adieux à Gmail » : ces initiatives pour se passer des Big Tech américaines

Accompagnés par des associations, des particuliers et des collectifs abandonnent les Gafam au profit d’autres solutions, libres, sobres, locales et non marchandes.

Le Monde
#android threatened to become a closed platform
https://keepandroidopen.org/
#google #dontbeevil -> #dontbestupid
Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Cultivating a robust and efficient quantum-safe HTTPS

Posted by Chrome Secure Web and Networking Team Today we're announcing a new program in Chrome to make HTTPS certificates secure against ...

Google Online Security Blog
Les clés de maison, c’est dépassé : ce standard soutenu par Apple et Google les remplace par votre smartphone

La Connectivity Standards Alliance officialise Aliro 1.0, un nouveau standard pour les serrures connectées. Apple, Google et Samsung comptent l’intégrer à leurs portefeuilles mobiles.

clubic.com
Stop Google from limiting APK file usage: https://c.org/j6589tZhZw
#Google #petition #dontbeevil
Sign the Petition

Stop Google from limiting APK file usage

Change.org

Panic?
Oh... kay #Google !

Dear deep #Privacy watchers:

I don't understand half of this, & generally avoid Google products if I can; don't do cloud, and stay un-logged in when possible.

I haven't enjoyed/respected Google since the genocide of the beloved #GooglePlus community, and the repeal of #DontBeEvil ...

BUT... even as a non-paranoid, non-Google-platform user who studies #media & #words ... Is this not ominous?

#technology #tracking #data #PID #security #icloud #telemetry

GitHub - i5heu/ublock-hide-yt-shorts: Maintained - uBlock Origin filter list to hide YouTube Shorts

Maintained - uBlock Origin filter list to hide YouTube Shorts - i5heu/ublock-hide-yt-shorts

GitHub
@simon Reminds me of #dontbeevil
Youtube : la grande purge des vidéos générées par IA a commencé

L'eldorado du contenu automatisé vient de s'effondrer. YouTube ne se contente plus d'avertissements polis : la plateforme a supprimé sans sommation plusieurs des plus gros producteurs de vidéos synthétiques. Le message est clair : la pollution numérique, c'est terminé.

clubic.com