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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • Of course, but OOP is typically about putting methods on classes, inheritance of behaviour etc.

    JS Objects aren’t typically used that way, they tend to be used as pure data containers. At least, that’s how we mostly use them.

    Occasionally, we’ll use objects to simplify passing multiple arguments including arrow functions, but I’d say that doesn’t really count unless the arrow function mutates the object it’s a part of.








  • As someone who has used this app for at least 6 years, I am very sad to see this happen.

    I’m surprised they weren’t able to get away with it after the change in extensions a couple versions ago. By not shipping extensions that have copyrighted content that should have been enough, similar to how emulators, services like Plex and torrenting applications survive.

    It’s effectively just a comic / manga reader that can be used for piracy when the right extensions are added.

    Apparently that wasn’t enough, and I can’t blame open source devs for not wanting to start a legal battle with a profit-earning company.

    For now, the app does allow you to add external repository’s (list of extensions for various sources) that are still being updated, and I believe there are at least a few forks of the project that will survive for now.

    All I can say is great work to the dev team for sticking with us until now and I wish you luck in your future ventures.







  • Controversial take but:

    • YouTube are fully within their rights to crack down on adblockers, as they have done in the past. Content delivery is not free, and they are not a charity.
    • YouTube provides two ways to “pay” for your content: with ads, or by paying for premium.
    • Tech companies have an unhealthy habit of making things free or cheap to gain a userbase, then increasing the price. The biggest problem with this imo is that it sets expectations with users that these things should be free
    • I am not going to get into an argument about what price is “fair” or whether Google can “afford it”. All I know is that for now, they continue to run YouTube, but nothing stops them from shutting it all down tomorrow if they decide it’s not profitable enough.

    As for myself personally, I watched YouTube with ads for the last 2 or 3 years, and more recently I decided to start paying for YouTube Premium.

    YouTube Premium made sense for me because:

    • I was spending more than 3 hours a day on YouTube (in the background or as the thing I’m actively watching.
    • I could afford it now that my financial situation had improved
    • Creators get significantly more money from YouTube Premium watchers (or so I’ve heard)

    Before all of that, I used to use YouTube Vanced (RIP) and NewPipe, both great though not entirely legit ways of bypassing ads and downloading videos. I still use the latter to archive the really good content I come across.

    If you’re ok to pay for YouTube, but it’s too expensive for the value you get out of it, there are alternative approaches. You can spoof your location and buy YouTube Premium in another country, like Turkey or India, and get it for as low as $2 a month. Google doesn’t crack down on this much at the time of writing.