You can get the sponsorblock exension on standard android firefox now, if that’s what you’re asking.

normal FF with ublock

This is the way (assuming you mean Ublock Origin, which I understand is superior to just-plain Ublock.) I also use SponsorBlock.

Well, we agree that she looked terrible. Here’s the evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYymRU-bfpQ

Indeed, I have little respect for advertisers and I disagree with her politics. But I wouldn’t say I have no sympathy, and I offered a plausible explanation on why she might have taken the job.

research has indicated that women and other minorities view risky job offers as the only chance they are likely to get.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff

Now’s a good time to advertise the fediverse, if you’re still on reddit. Just pick your favorite instance, and tell people to check it out and to click “login/register” if they like it.

What a bland article. Just when it starts to become insightful, it ends:

These events are all signs of a gig economy that might just be falling apart, not because of any one CEO decision but because companies that find success by framing themselves as a DIY alternative to an established industry can only grow in the same direction as the very thing they wanted to replace. The original sin, it seems, is when they try to be both.

It used to be really tough to unsubscribe from Prime, but Amazon was getting sued for that so they made it easier to unsubscribe.

AI has been here before: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter

The US version is one of the big 3 broadcast channels transmitting since the mid 1900s, though it’s now also on cable:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company

Yes! It’s a dark pattern microagression.

Hmmm… maybe something involving “false dichotomy”, “Sysyphus”, “pestering”, “options”, “forced politeness”, …

Every time I go to the ATM to get cash it shows me an ad for a service and the options are “Yes” and “No thanks.”

I am forced to choose one. I am forced to thank them for showing me an ad before they give me my own money.

the data vultures love this sort of “non-confrontational on surface, but bossy upon analysis” discourse.

We need a simple name for this, like we have for enshittification or shrinkflation.

ikr the real losers are the ones who read Gizmodo.

because they have a solid reputation for never listening to those millions.

Specifically, if you volunteer to moderate, create content, or build community on Reddit, you will be insulted and dismissed by people who are only in it for the money.

It feels raw and real, vs reddits polished curated feel. As if I’m actually reading posts by people.

Because on reddit we were reading posts by bots.

Agreed, but sometimes it’s difficult for people to get that human interaction, for a variety of reasons.

I’m not sure the answer is robots, though…

“There is nothing special about Reddit except its community and the content the community created.”

This is the fundamental truth that rules all others.