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Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."

https://lemmus.org/post/20477999

Feb 27 at 9:40amWeb
Show thread[object Object]Feb 27

superuser.com/…/how-can-i-make-a-tab-in-firefox-f…

Looks like it’s a decade old problem and the solution isn’t super clean.

How can I make a tab in Firefox falsely believe that it still has the focus?

In Firefox I would like to pass to another tab while an ad is playing in the current tab, but the pesky thing will pause when its tab loses the focus. I would like to trick the ad to believe that it

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Show threadtrxxruraxvrFeb 27
A long time ago I took some online classes, and the teacher could see if the software used for the classes was not in focus. I used a VM to run it, and as long as it was in focus on the VM the VM didn’t have to be in focus itself
Show threadCileTheSaneFeb 27
The solution is to not use the service.
Show threadcnovelFeb 27
There are multiple extensions that can keep a tab focused even if you are not looking at it.
Show threadThe_Hideous_OrgalorgFeb 27
I don’t understand how anyone can use the Internet without ublock. I have before, and am about to again, change fuel stations due to them installing those stupid ad playing pumps.
Show threadDamarusFeb 27
Yeah but uBlock can’t or at least doesn’t block Twitch ads, so that doesn’t really apply here.
Show threadOccultist0178Feb 27
Of course it does, I have never seen an ad in Twitch, thus is it course in Firefox, don’t know how it works in Chrome with the messed up adblock system 🤷
Show threadDamarusFeb 27
Sorry but that’s just wrong. Ads on Twitch are forced in a way that can’t be easily bypassed locally. That’s why stuff like Twitch AdSolutions exists. The common workaround is using a proxy server in countries that don’t get ads, maybe you live in one of those.
GitHub - pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions

Contribute to pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadOccultist0178Feb 27
Oh it seems that you are right, I didn’t know that, I thought it was just blocked through ublock. Thanks for your comment
Show threadDamarusFeb 27
No worries
Show threadlime!Feb 27
ublock can too block twitch ads, because it can run adsolutions itself. it’s even on that page you linked.
Show threadDamarusFeb 27
Yeah that’s true but it’s really just a method to run a more complex userscript, which isn’t really comparable to the element blocking rules that uBlock normally handles.
Show threadCarlFeb 27
Thank you. I just stopped using that website overall, because of all the ads thrown down my throat.
Show threadpwalkerFeb 28
I used to support testing the adblock solutions from Pixeltris some years ago when Twitch actively starting fighting adblockers. It turned out the only reliable way is to use a proxy or VPN of a country that doesnt serve ads via amazons ad system. Mostly small countries where it’s not worth place advertisments. I am using eithe czech, polish or Luxembourg IPs and usually dont get any ads this way anymore as there are no corporstions using their af service.
Show threadRedactedFeb 27
You can add a little string of text to ublock and itll work again. Havent seen an ad nonconsentually in years on there
Show threadscbasteveFeb 27
Dont say you can do it, and not share it man. Spill the beans
Show threadRedactedFeb 27
Ill link it when i get off work
Show threadAFallingAnvilFeb 27
DM me, I’m heavily invested now
Show threadthreeFeb 27

Tell me and only me

Gent bent, idiot

Show threadpticrixFeb 27
Here you go fellow seafarer github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions
GitHub - pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions

Contribute to pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadrozodruFeb 27

it does but with Twitch it’s a constant battle. you can go for days or weeks on end and it’ll work great then boom a few days to a week and it won’t work anymore until the maintainers figure out yet another way to circumvent twitch ads.

It just got to a point for me where I just stopped using twitch. I mean the site overall and the content/streamers have just gotten a lot worse in the past few years and there’s really nothing on there anymore worth watching.

Show threadTollana1234567Feb 28
other than Main official of the game companies, STREAMERS themselves started leaning politically and grifting from it.
Show threadramassesFeb 27

Theirs a script on github to block twitch ads, works flawlessly

https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions

GitHub - pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions

Contribute to pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadEldestMalkFeb 27
Some of the fuel pumps have a hidden mute option. The 2nd button from the top right usually mutes them for me.
Show threadThe_Hideous_OrgalorgFeb 27
I’ve tried all the buttons with no luck. But also, I’m just going to vote with my wallet and stop doing business with them for doing stupid stuff like that.
Show threadSlyLycanFeb 27

Those are so atrocious. I just found out the closest gas station near my house installed big ass screens on the pumps that are bigger than my largest tablet and have impressively loud speakers. The station previously didn’t have any video screens so when I passed by the screen to unscrew the gas cap, and it started blasting the ad I nearly jumped out of my skin.

I don’t have a clue where another gas station without the ad screens even is. Blegh 😮‍💨

Show threadPasserby6497Feb 27
The ones around me have a big old mute button and I’ve gotten into the habit of hitting that button as gas starts to flow so I don’t hear more than a second or two of whatever garbage they’re playing
Show thread...m...Feb 27
…yeah, my wife tells me some stations have started disabling the mute button; haven’t encountered one yet but the day i do is the day i start carrying an icepick to mute those speakers the old-fashioned way…
Show threadmoonshadowFeb 27

I have a standing bounty, 1/8oz good weed for proof of dead surveillance infra. One little shit tried turning in three parts off the same plate reader

Anyways, the kids are alright and would probably help you out if properly incentivized ;)

Show threadNoxyFeb 27
i fucking love you for this
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Show thread[deleted]Feb 27
The pumps around here in the middle state have all muted their ads or at least have the volumes turned way down. When I drive somewhere else they catch me off guard.
Show threadTollana1234567Feb 28
must be expensive to have those screen, first time i saw those gas station “tvs” was during trumps 1st term, at least the news was playing a tthe time.
Show threadthebestaquamanFeb 27
Seeing those was one of the more dystopian experiences I had when visiting the US a while back. The entire concept was absolutely insane to me.
Show threadanomnomFeb 28
Apparently car/house keys can fit into the speaker slots and kill the sound.
Show threadTollana1234567Feb 28
it wont block twitch ads, they seed it to thier videos, so it somewhat unblockable. i heard its expensive, thats why google doesnt do it.
Show threadfloquantFeb 27
For a better experience?? Actually hilarious.
Show threadJackFeb 27
Yeah their experience, not yours
Show threaddrosophilaFeb 27
I hate corpo speak so fucking much.
Show threadREDACTEDFeb 27
I feel like viewing twitch on your second monitor is quite common. That window is almost always going to be out of focus. What a shitty short-sighted system
Show threadhOrniFeb 27
“Drink verification can”.
Show threadchocratesFeb 27
what is that from? it sounds familiar
Show threadfunkless_eckFeb 27
4chan greentext
Show threadGreyEyedGhostFeb 27
It’s a greentext from 2013 apparently. It can be found on reddit, and I’ve seen it here, but I doubt I could find it.
Show threadchocratesFeb 27
Turned out to be real easy, I uploaded in another comment.
Show threadCileTheSaneFeb 27
Pretty sure it’s from Futurama.
Show threadUnpledgedCatnapTipperFeb 27
https://i.imgur.com/dgGvgKF.png
Show threadmarcosFeb 27
It’s from Demolition Man. An 80s sci-fi/action movie.
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Show threadmarcosFeb 27
Oh, right! As everybody knows, 2013 was years before the 1980s decade, and so this is the original source that inspired the movie!
Show threadchocratesFeb 27
I don’t recall that in demolition man. I just watched it a month ago. I’ll turn it on tonight
Show threadToTheGraveMyLoveFeb 27
No its not.
Show threadosannaFeb 28
as an aside, that’s a great movie.
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Show threadDemeFeb 27
And here I actually thought that this shitty idea would stay in the realm of Black Mirror…
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Show threadgon [he]Feb 27
There’s… There’s no way this is true, right? This is fake news? Please tell me this is fake news.
Show threadr00tyFeb 27
Oh yeah, I saw that black mirror episode. Good thing it's only fiction.
Show threadkarashtaFeb 27
It’s like they really don’t want me to use their platform anymore
Show threadWanderingThoughtsFeb 27
That’s not it. They think you don’t have a choice anymore and will use their platform regardless.