XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-07-19 01:47, VanguardLH wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I don't use Chrome because it doesn't allow to run add blockers   
   >> recently. They removed the extensions add blockers use.   
   >   
   > With Edge, a Chromium variant, I use: Adguard Adblocker, Privacy Badger,   
   > uBlock Origin Lite (MV3 version), and Ping Blocker.  They are very   
   > effective, and together give me almost everything that uBlock Origin   
   > (MV2 version) did.  They overlap on coverage, but catch a bit more than   
   > the others.  All of them are available at the Google Chrome Store, and   
   > all of them are MV3 (Manifest version 3).  However, after several   
   > months, I decided to remove uBO Lite and Privacy Badger, and just go   
   > forward with Adguard AdBlocker and Ping Blocker.   
   >   
   > Adguard Adblocker   
   > https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/adguard-adblocker/bgn   
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   >   
   > Ping Blocker   
   > https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ping-blocker/jkpocifa   
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   >   
   > Privacy Badger   
   > https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgi   
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   >   
   > uBlock Origin Lite   
   > https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin-lite/dd   
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   >   
   >> Sometimes, with very recent videos, download in advance means I have   
   >> to wait significant time for the download to finish, it doesn't   
   >> download at full speed anymore.   
   >   
   > I use yt-dlp to grab videos to keep a local copy.  The only places, so   
   > far, where it doesn't work are sites that use Javascripted video players   
   > with a secret key to decode the protected videos.  Their script knows   
   > how to decode the video stream.  It captures the video stream as fast as   
   > the server will deliver it, not at the slow pace of watching a video.   
   >   
   > https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp   
   >   
   > This a a command-line tool.  There are GUI frontends for it, but I found   
   > yt-dlp.exe was all I needed since it is very simple to enter:   
      
   I'm familiar with it :-)   
      
   ...   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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