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YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers::YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers. In a statement to The Verge, YouTube’s Christopher Lawton says the company has launched a “global effort” to urge people to allow ads on the platform.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

My rule: if it's not in my distro's apt repository, it's too niche to use. If you want folks to use Librewolf, package it.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[-] grue@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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It's not about whether it's possible to install via a single command; it's about signaling that its popular enough for the distro to justify maintaining a proper first-party package for it.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

That's an arbitrary way to decide if a package is worth installing

[-] grue@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

What's arbitrary about popularity? We use it to decide all sorts of things, including voting in a democracy.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah but determining popularity based on wither or not it's in a distro repo doesn't make sense

[-] jack@monero.town 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm pretty sure modern programs by modern people are primarily released as Flatpak while every other traditional package manager comes second, if at all.

If you want to measure popularity, you can see the download count of programs on flathub.org . 550,000 installs of LibreWolf is not niche.

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