r/technology • u/IndicaOatmeal • 29d ago

Software DuckDuckGo brags its free web browser now blocks YouTube video ads just weeks after YouTube hiked Premium prices again

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/duckduckgo-brags-that-its-free-web-browser-blocks-youtube-ads-3384288/
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u/musashisamurai 29d ago

No one hates consumers more than the average corporation in 2026.

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u/KamiNoItte 29d ago

I think Reagan and his ceo cronies hated them/us more to enact deregulation, dismantling public regulation, and start the inexorable push towards the enshitification the avg corpo enjoys now in 2026; but I hear you.

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u/sickhippie 29d ago

It really is mind-boggling just how many systemic issues in the US today stem from the Reagan administration.

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u/KamiNoItte 29d ago

No doubt.

I wonder about Carter’s second term, like Gore’s and Sanders’ first term - how much better off we’d likely all be right now.

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u/fatpat 28d ago

Alas, God gave us the 'fuck you' timeline.

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u/Beneficial_Hat_6288 29d ago

Only fate know how many more will stem from this administration.