The thing behind me is the Centre for Computing History's Megaprocessor. It plays Tetris.

@Higongeous

3 жыл бұрын

Hi tom

@Higongeous

3 жыл бұрын

Hello

@user-ie5rr3nu3c

3 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@Higongeous

3 жыл бұрын

It’s chewsday innit

@andrewkappler5503

3 жыл бұрын

Tom you should get a pop up blocker

The silliest part of this is how they all word it as «We care about your privacy»

@trevinbeattie4888

3 жыл бұрын

They care to the minimum extent required by law

@safe-keeper1042

3 жыл бұрын

"We care about your privacy, and by sheer coincidence we started caring at about the same time that GDPR law came about..."

@krux02

3 жыл бұрын

We care about your privacy, in the sense of you giving it up so we can track you all the time.

@thegreentaxi1

3 жыл бұрын

They care a lot. They just don't care about protecting it :P

@sion8

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, they care alright… just as long as they become part of your private sphere.😒

After a few years of Internet use, one develops a Clinical Eye to discern the real download button.

@itachi2011100

3 жыл бұрын

That or you switch to Linux where you don't have to find the download button.

@hearingmorethan1517

3 жыл бұрын

God why is this a goddamn thing ffs

@Bernard.

3 жыл бұрын

You are so rightttttt 😭

@sylvesterdivine9292

3 жыл бұрын

finding the right download button is a talent you learn

@bryanp.1327

3 жыл бұрын

Much like discerning search results that matter

I just love how the law clearly states it is "opt-in", not "opt-out" and still nearly every website has every option checked and you need to EXPLICITLY opt-out from everything. Drives me mad.

@RustOnWheels

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the locked ‘legitimate interest’ options…

@JNJNRobin1337

2 жыл бұрын

Wait Does This Mean A Lawsuit Could Happen About It?

@fan0

2 жыл бұрын

Some websites has opt-out, you don't need to untick this boxes.

@Renard380

2 жыл бұрын

Just boycott those sites. Every time i see one of those endless lists i just close the page. Those parasites have to learn.

@emilianozamora399

2 жыл бұрын

@@Renard380 you're like a grain of sand moving to a different beach

I just want to clear this up: The majority of advertisers are not humans.

@MikkoRantalainen

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, majority of advertisers are some still unidentified lower lifeform.

@sponge1234ify

3 жыл бұрын

Literally; most of the web's ads are made and curated by computers nowadays.

@levirichardson8505

3 жыл бұрын

@@sponge1234ify Not quite what I meant, but you're not wrong.

@levirichardson8505

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikkoRantalainen much lower. So low they have to steal our data to make a living

@sponge1234ify

3 жыл бұрын

@@levirichardson8505 oh i get what you mean, i'm just trying to be witty :p

What advertisers don't realize is that the more intrusive, annoying, and frequent their ads are, the more likely I am to go out of my way to avoid their products.

@Odima16

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way, but you'd be surprised how much you subconsciously get drawn to those products despite that. The whole "any publicity is good publicity" concept holds very true for ads. You tend to trust something more the more you hear it, even if it's just the name of a brand.

@pyrioncelendil

3 жыл бұрын

They don't care. Advertisers universally subscribe to the notion that there's no such thing as bad publicity. After all, their goal is just to get you to view their ads, not so much buy their products. Connecting ad views to purchases is somebody else's problem.

@banana_

3 жыл бұрын

@@Odima16 Exactly what I wanted to say. Even if it's the most annoying ad in the world, it works for the company

@ammonha

3 жыл бұрын

Companies spend billions on advertising each year, they know exactly what works and what doesn't.

@EpicEmberOriginal

3 жыл бұрын

@@banana_ This reminded me of go compare. It worked, at one point I actually did use their site

Remember when youtube had harmless, slightly opaque, banners that'd pop up and you'd look at them and press the X and that was that. Harmless advertising that didn't ruin your experience. Crazy.

@pzyqux6641

2 жыл бұрын

Can't watch on mobile anymore, because they have 3 ads infront of videos now. Have to watch on pc where i have an adblocker.

@TinyDeskEngineer

2 жыл бұрын

The worst part is that like a quarter of all of the ads are now some of the most mind-numbingly obvious scams.

@pzyqux6641

2 жыл бұрын

@@TinyDeskEngineer Or not family friendly.

@DeeSnow97

2 жыл бұрын

@@pzyqux6641 I wonder what percentage of ads would be demonetized for not being advertiser-friendly, had they been uploaded to youtube as a regular video

@bigpod

2 жыл бұрын

@@pzyqux6641 i dont use an ad blocker and guess what whether that be on phones or computers there is not that many ads, besides i dont have a problem with ads because i cant wait 5 more seconds to view a video

“Guys learns 12 languages but nobody wants to speak with him.” I felt that.

@actionjaxon7570

3 жыл бұрын

What languages can you speak

@actionjaxon7570

3 жыл бұрын

@djbrysongaming I feel that. A universal language

@brunnomenxa

3 жыл бұрын

Learn languages ​​to read and understand more things then.

@brunnomenxa

3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe there are 12 programming languages.

@Arnikaaa

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. (And 700th like)

Tim Berners Lee's original idea of the internet sounds awfully similar to Wikipedia though. I think that's a good thing

@x67th

3 жыл бұрын

Other way around

@truestory1664

3 жыл бұрын

Capitalism

@ShaunCheah

3 жыл бұрын

A while ago, someone made the case that Wikipedia was one of humanity's greatest achievements, possibly *the* greatest achievement. Every once in a while I remember what I read and try to find a counterargument, but I've not really been able to find anything that tops the collective summation of the entirety of human knowledge.

@tahunuva4254

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShaunCheah Depending on your definition of "achievement", I'd argue the applicable concept of absolute truth is a lil more impressive than Wikipedia :P

@OntarioTrafficMan

3 жыл бұрын

Wikipedia is one of the few remaining representations of the original altruistic intent of the internet. Which is why it's not even remotely profitable.

"the web is built around freedom of design" Adblocks are a direct result of that

@Somajsibere

3 жыл бұрын

Long live adblock!

@andiego888

3 жыл бұрын

@@Somajsibere no long live brave browser with free built in ad blocker and tracker blocker. Faster, free and built on chromium

@alexwasdreaming9440

3 жыл бұрын

and that freedom of design is exactly what makes us be forced to turn it off to read any article, the cycle continues

@jan.tichavsky

3 жыл бұрын

I hate ads, that's why I don't have monetization on KZread and no ads or even tracking on my site. Back in the day Google Analytics was cool way to get stats about your page visits but there are open source alternatives you can run on your server like Piwik or publication systems have it built in already, so no need for Google to sniff around.

@Mic_Glow

3 жыл бұрын

but there are anti-adblockers.. so you need an anti-anti-ad-blocker. And NoScript. And custom script manager while at it. It is a pain to set up and make working on individual sites but still less pain than the ads/ popups.

I love how most cookie pop-up boxes only have a "confirm/ok" button and a very small "more options" button that will possibly eventually maybe lead to being able to opt out.

@littlestbroccoli

Жыл бұрын

If they don't lead to an overly-wordy explanation of what cookies are, how the site values your privacy, and what they will absolutely do with your information, regardless. (With possibly a small link buried in the text somewhere directing to an email where one can "request" data removal.)

web browsers should require a universal "never accept cookies and tracking" option built in.

@calebnasiatka5711

2 жыл бұрын

Duck duck go does. I'm not advertising I'm just a user.

@yffips

2 жыл бұрын

You would find yourself wondering why certain websites don’t function properly. I’d say most websites require a certain level of cookies in order to work.

@animyosfox8617

2 жыл бұрын

I think such technology was already created with the "Do Not Track" message, but I think I also heard that this does not work by now anymore...

@afacelessuser

2 жыл бұрын

use the extension i dont care about cookies

@animyosfox8617

2 жыл бұрын

@@afacelessuser Doesn't that extension just *accept* all the cookies or do I misunderstand that?

The internet today feels like a crowded shopping mall with billboards everywhere you look

@theirishviking9278

3 жыл бұрын

...we hello futurama flashback....

@JamesTheBell1

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the original idea for the shopping mall was to have it feel like a village centre - a nice place to be with seating and open spaces. Then it was corrupted into a commercial hole. The internet has gone the same way. What next?

@Rotem_S

3 жыл бұрын

Use an ad blocker

@liamhtml979

3 жыл бұрын

except the billboards have cameras which can track which stores you enter and slowly builds a database of information about you

@yotokil2914

3 жыл бұрын

@@JamesTheBell1 AI

*turns off location for photos* "Basic features may stop functioning" Ya is that so?

@Voreoptera

3 жыл бұрын

Why do apps need really strange permissions to do some mundain thing? Where is the learn more button there.

@joshuapowell6822

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Mostly so they can collect more data on you. Say you have a photo of yourself and your family right in front of the Eiffel Tower. They’d know you visited Paris, who you’re related to with facial recognition and that you go on holidays. Advertisers can use that to advertise a family holiday or advertise souvenirs to you. While the example isn’t the best considering the pandemic, it should hopefully give you an idea as to why they ask for it.

@MusicalPlant5024

3 жыл бұрын

That’s also because the permissions that are asked are super vague- like how a calculator app might ask to make and manage phone calls when it really just wants to be silent while you’re calling someone.

@Liggliluff

3 жыл бұрын

- The camera app has the permission so it can add the location to the photo taken. But the app should still work regardless. - The photo viewer has the permission so it can show you old photos of the place you're currently at. But the app should still work regardless. They can still sell this location data further. So it's up to you if you want to share the location or not. But at least these apps make sense to have it.

@theramendutchman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Liggliluff "But the app should still work regardless." THAT is the problem; apps deliberately stating "basic functions will no longer function" which is really just a lie to the person without the technical details in their head

“Vote saxon” you love to see those references

@biggusdickus9125

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, well spotted! I was watching that episode today!

@gingerbread2005

3 жыл бұрын

I was scrolling through the comments to see if anyone had noticed that! Doctor Who for the win!

@xHadesStamps

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if it was a Doctor Who reference!

@YouTubeperson1337

3 жыл бұрын

Don't you hear it? The drumming?

@lewisw9527

3 жыл бұрын

underrated episodes ngl

“One of the most popular browsers and one of the major advertisers were under the same corporate umbrella” Immediately gets a google ad on the youtube website

@chedinbuildsstudio5144

3 жыл бұрын

I remembered a horror story of a 5 second youtube logo as an ad on youtube , so you're not that far off .

@javawakii6207

2 жыл бұрын

On the KZread website which is also run by Google

@NinjaWhaines

2 жыл бұрын

Happened to me too. I laughed out loud

@pe2aab

2 жыл бұрын

I have no add's on KZread. It's a relief.

@cakeisyummy5755

2 жыл бұрын

@@chedinbuildsstudio5144 How would seeing the KZread logo as an ad be Horrifying?

Often times I'm not even allowed to access a site without accepting cookies. Not sure how legal that is.

@sion8

3 жыл бұрын

Are you a resident of the European Economic Area? If so, you'd need to report them from incompliance with the GDPR!

@thehildabeast100

3 жыл бұрын

@@sion8 and they will just laugh at you and pay the fine

@midnightgear2616

3 жыл бұрын

@@thehildabeast100 Idk, 4% or 20 mil sounds steep. Maybe it needs to be that much per person?

@eduardoizquierdo309

3 жыл бұрын

It is not but who is going to stop them?

@mercuryrocks

3 жыл бұрын

@@eduardoizquierdo309 yo it was a minute ago when you said that.

"Cookies" is also such a harmless sounding word, which gives advertisers the slight advantage of the layman missing the red flag

@mustafaeee6778

3 жыл бұрын

We should've called them "Location Trackers".

@xanderkyron

3 жыл бұрын

@@mustafaeee6778 That's not what they do, though, at all. Cookies don't track your location. That's not a function they can perform. It's just browser storing information on the client, like your login session ID and auth token. They can be used to track what websites you were on (if your browser doesn't block this functionality, ie you live in 2008), but not your location, and even that is an unintended side effect. We need cookies on the web, they're incredibly useful and enable stuff like logging into websites.

@moonbleu130

3 жыл бұрын

some sites require you to accept those little spy disguised as cookies to continue to a site

@boring7823

3 жыл бұрын

@@xanderkyron Heh, > *like* logging in The MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 that Tom alluded to is exactly this, when you say "yes" you are literally logging onto the advertiser web server. Maybe "Logon-Token" would have been more accurate.

@xanderkyron

3 жыл бұрын

@@boring7823 Even calling them Logon Tokens doesn't really make sense in the broader sense of what cookies can store. I think login tokens/session ID should be stored as a different thing and named as such, and Cookies can be named client-side variables or something similar. It's not like a super technical and specific thing that the user never sees besides agreeing to needs a friendly name.

Screen resolution being used to fingerprint people. *Sweats in 2650x1600

@ITAC85

2 жыл бұрын

@SharkTH In JavaScript, you can get both the screen resolution, AND the browser content resolution. The resolution may also change depending on your scaling, too.

@vijf

2 жыл бұрын

@@ITAC85 some browsers block the screen res header

@ITAC85

2 жыл бұрын

@@vijf Huh.

@DeeSnow97

2 жыл бұрын

@@mitko17 which actually makes it easier to fingerprint you until mozilla turns it on for everyone by default

@enginerd80

2 жыл бұрын

@SharkTH Isn't that a good thing, assuming you want to avoid being tracked? If on every visit you adjust the browser window a little differently, you should look less like you to the site.

0:16 I love the reference to young Tom replacing other people’s work with the word “content”

@yoshipaul3896

2 жыл бұрын

am i the only other person who got that reference?

@xexpaguette

2 жыл бұрын

@@yoshipaul3896 nope!

"Google creating a VPN is like Ted Bundy opening a women's shelter."

@HamedEmine

3 жыл бұрын

Hah

@A7Rayz

3 жыл бұрын

rahhhh

@Lozoot2

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, a fellow official boy as well I see

@brettricker9049

3 жыл бұрын

Who is that quote from?

@TennessineGD

3 жыл бұрын

@@brettricker9049 it's from The Official Podcast iirc

Popup: Disable your adblock please Me: * adds that popup to my adblock's blacklist *

@Selestrielle

3 жыл бұрын

YOU CAN DO THAT!

@robertoricardoruben

3 жыл бұрын

always ahahaha

@traveel9409

3 жыл бұрын

How?

@Digifan001

3 жыл бұрын

How do you that?

@magical_blue

3 жыл бұрын

اhow is that

The never ending battle between people wanting to use the internet for free to get info, have fun, etc and companies that want you to buy their stuff reminds me of the battle between software companies trying to keep their software from being copied and users trying to copy their software (anti-piracy). It's a never ending arms race. But just remember that if you are getting services for free, like what Google does with so much of their company...YOU are the product.

It's amazing how different a web experience you have if you simply install adblock and then add all known ad-host servers to your HOSTS file. I've used it for over a decade and genuinely forgot that ads exist on the web.

@maxwilson7001

Жыл бұрын

Where did you find all known ad-host servers and where is the HOSTS file?

@maxwilson7001

Жыл бұрын

@@jacksoncremean1664 I mean, fair I guess, but I want to learn. I want to gain this skill I don't have

"The Web is a bit of a mess." That's quite the understatement, Tom!

@jorygeerts9416

3 жыл бұрын

I think Tom would call it "a bit of an understatement". :)

@Supertimegamingify

3 жыл бұрын

indeed

@blakem2902

3 жыл бұрын

Whenever I open up a web page and I accidentally clicked the wrong thing because the entire page moved to fit an ad is probably on the most annoying things ever

@capriphonix8863

3 жыл бұрын

What do you want from him, he's British!

@Nugcon

3 жыл бұрын

true

Tom: * implies advertisers are not people * Me: No, no... He's got a point

@TheSam1902

3 жыл бұрын

If they were people, they'd feel empathy

@cgi2002

3 жыл бұрын

Even lawyers are closer to actual people than advertisers.

@Mentocthemindtaker

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChaoticTrack Advertisers and corporations are _legally_ people. It's insane.

@ff-qf1th

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mentocthemindtaker legally people in what sense?

@belegl.7721

3 жыл бұрын

@@ff-qf1th In practically all legal systems there exists a construct most often called something like "legal personhood" where either groups of people (e.g. political parties, unions etc.) corporations and other constructs and cooperatives can have rights and legal abilities (to buy stuff, to loan money, hold the copyright to something) according to the law, just like real people (who have "natural personhood"). It's the basis of civil law and what allows businesses to do business. But it's also really weird when you are not familiar with it.

I really, REALLY want to see a channel comprising all of Tom's *RANT DELETED* segments. I'll happily donate, say, $100/year to your favorite charity and sign an NDA.

@uncommonsense360

Жыл бұрын

He can't do that, because one person would leak regardless of an NDA

@speeder3235

Жыл бұрын

@@uncommonsense360 don't care, sign me up too

@hamishd8659

Жыл бұрын

Id sign an NDA if you game me lolly

@oncecrowned

Жыл бұрын

@@uncommonsense360 they can get into legal trouble

"I just implied that advertisers are not people" BASED TOM SCOTT

@UNowen255

2 жыл бұрын

woke tom scott

“If these cookies were food. They’d probably have raisins in them.” What a stunning endorsement

@FireFly209

3 жыл бұрын

I think you're raisin an excellent point there...

@eun5oo280

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireFly209 Shut up and take my like >:(

@Pixdoet

3 жыл бұрын

And possibly asparagus in them who knows

@haph2087

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pixdoet That's actually just battery leakage from the GPS trackers in the cookies, not asparagus. The both make your pee smell weird, I know it's confusing.

@sharpfang

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say, mouse turds

A screenshot of Google Chrome's privacy settings should appear next to the definition of "conflict of interest" in the dictionary.

@NoName-kj2vf

3 жыл бұрын

At 6:25 I bursted out laughing when I got a chrome book ad

@Root174

3 жыл бұрын

I got an ad for Google's online learning courses: digital workplace.

@firmman4505

3 жыл бұрын

Conflict of what interests?

@enderknightmare2432

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoName-kj2vf I got a target ad

@barvdw

3 жыл бұрын

It's one of the main reasons I refuse to even install Chrome on my laptop, and use it almost by accident on my Android based devices. I trust G* even less than M$.

Website: "You have to accept cookies and disable adblockers to see the content." Me: "Ok bye." Website: *surprised pikachu*

@someonehere4380

2 жыл бұрын

sadly most people don't use adblockers

@trulyinfamous

2 жыл бұрын

@@someonehere4380 many of them are viruses or some kind of nefarious software. If the company isn't obviously making money though something like a premium version or subscription, they are definitely selling your information.

@bigpod

2 жыл бұрын

@@someonehere4380 i dont use one because i dont need one honestly ads dont bother me as long as your ad doesnt do something too pushy i will not care if ad does to something to pushy then i will close that website and probably never go back most ads on internet are fine its 1% that is problematic which can be avoided with guess what avoiding

@Treekicker

2 жыл бұрын

Grease monkey scripts

@Grom1477

2 жыл бұрын

​@@someonehere4380 God bless those without adblockers. Because of them we are able to surf web without paying a cent

Anyone else just get rid of the cookies window with inspect element? 😂

@ITAC85

3 жыл бұрын

I always do... except when the cookies window takes up the WHOLE SCREEN AND REPLACES ALL OF THE SITE WITH THE POPUP.

@scriptguru4669

3 жыл бұрын

F5 & a very well timed Stop usually does the trick

@Sanjay-ub7eq

2 жыл бұрын

@@scriptguru4669 yea!!

@FricCc

2 жыл бұрын

*laughs in pop-up blocker*

@wumwum42

2 жыл бұрын

I use ublock for deleting the popups.

This turned out to be much more interesting than I thought when clicking it.

@richardsavory5663

3 жыл бұрын

All of them are

@miroslavmilan

3 жыл бұрын

True, but It ended in a cliffhanger. We need solutions, not just stating the problem! Just kidding, but I really did feel the video lacked some kind of a conclusion, actual or potential improvements being worked to deliver a better outcome for everyone, or something to give us hope.

@TheJobCompany

3 жыл бұрын

@@miroslavmilan That's because there is no hope, the web is an unfixable mess. The only solution is to move to a cabin in the woods, away from all civilization and network connection.

@sirizalot

3 жыл бұрын

This is the case for every Tom Scott video

@imienazwisko4109

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Tom Scott :)

I wish they’d named “cookies” as “breadcrumbs.” It’s what they are, really.

@lyrqk5829

3 жыл бұрын

not as catchy or woobifieable, but 100 times more clever (and sinister)

@JustASnack

3 жыл бұрын

Breadcrumbs would be a bit misleading nowadays because in web-jargon, breadcrumbs actually stands for that trail of links/categories and sub-categories you sometimes see on online shopping sites or forums. So for example, on Newegg, viewing a listing for some RAM, you have the trail at the top: Home > Components > Memory > Desktop Memory > etc... Those are called breadcrumbs :D

@isyt1

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustASnack Kinda irrelevant as that flattened tree navigation thing would have gone with a different name had cookies been called bread crumbs

@waiitwhaat

3 жыл бұрын

if you get enough of breadcrumbs, ypu can make the entire bread. Kinda fits imo

@Bob5mith

3 жыл бұрын

@@isyt1 "Breadcrumbs" trace a path back to where you started. I don't know how that fits with the way cookies work.

I’m so glad someone finally explained cookies in a simpler way

The cookie that you use reminds of the one from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, it was a very cozy book that I loved to read when I was young.

The days of animated flash ads on everything were horrific.

@tommytomthms5

3 жыл бұрын

yet in some ways, less evil than some websites now...

@runed0s86

3 жыл бұрын

Guys, uBlock origin existed and still exists

@MK-qx9vi

3 жыл бұрын

@@runed0s86 uBlock Origin? in 2007?

@MicroChirp

3 жыл бұрын

I miss shooting balloons to get a free iPad.

@AC3handle

3 жыл бұрын

And thus, no more flash.

The 4 different forms of life: Animals Plants Fungi *advertisers*

@kencarp57

3 жыл бұрын

In that order of desirability... 🧐

@robertskitch

3 жыл бұрын

What about protista and monera?

@macaroon_nuggets8008

3 жыл бұрын

Multiceullar Eukaryotic life*

@zenaku666

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertskitch I think advertisers are a subkingdom within monera. Right next to lawyers, and tax professionals.

@emeralf9228

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertskitch i fear you may have missed the joke

You forgot the "sign up now to access the rest of the article" boxes

8:39 *gee i wonder why google doesn't have it*

"If these cookies were food, they'd probably have raisins in them." your animator is great

@Kyrelel

3 жыл бұрын

Raisin cookies are delicious

@BertGrink

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kyrelel Agreed

@senza4591

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kyrelel well some people dont vaccinate their kids, but they still think theyre in the right /s (For anyone that doesnt know, /s means the post was sarcastic)

@FactoryofRedstone

3 жыл бұрын

Or is it chocolate chips?

@dryued6874

3 жыл бұрын

People dissing raisin cookies are usually the same people who diss pineapple on pizza or Nickelback just because the cool kids do it.

“Vote Saxon” Nice Dr Who reference Tom

@NagromVoice

3 жыл бұрын

Celebration of 57 years of Dr Who!

@19Prometheus89

3 жыл бұрын

"the drums the drums the never ending drums!"

@sapphoanna

3 жыл бұрын

I guess Im glad dr who won superwholock

@tombull89

3 жыл бұрын

Heh, I saw that too.

@Raxacoricofallapatorius

3 жыл бұрын

Damn it! I literally typed this comment almost word for word then I spotted you already done it!

I think that this video is very informative, clear, concise, and pleasing to absorb. Tom makes some lovely content!

I was in denver this weekend and We saw someone with a one wheel riding around. We usually never see that in our little town and we said oh look a one wheel! Along with arguing whether it was in fact a one wheel or a hoverboard. All my ads for the next week were hoverboard/Onewheel variants

American website: “this site uses cookies” British website: “this site uses biscuits”

@athenenoctua2527

3 жыл бұрын

@@nw3473 Biscuits as well.

@introvertairways6380

3 жыл бұрын

@@nw3473 Koalas

@cennamonzimt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making me smile.

@re57k

3 жыл бұрын

@@nw3473 vegemites?

@user-wk2gi5cp9y

3 жыл бұрын

Where I can have chocolate chips?

I just want to know about the guy who learned 12 languages and nobody wants to talk to him.

@goodpeopleoftheworldunite

3 жыл бұрын

You're not missing out. The headline turns out to be the whole story. Though you won't get the chance to look at a bunch of dodgy ads, or other similar tabloid guff.

@QuintaFeira12

3 жыл бұрын

They're all programming languanges

@magnum155

3 жыл бұрын

That's me in the future if everything goes well. If everything goes poorly... well, you don't want to know.

@dromankass8655

3 жыл бұрын

Don't blame me, I voted for Harold Saxon.

@cheeziest360

3 жыл бұрын

We don’t know, no one wants to interview him

100% spot on about advertisers not being people. Don't worry about it

I know it’s not 100% safe, but I still appreciate Wikipedia for keeping advertisers off its site through donations. I wish there were more sites like them.

@HookerHeels

2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy I donate to Wikipedia. I wish I could donate more, and I hope others see the power behind Wiki and donate as well.

This should be called "Why The Web Is Such A Mess, Part 1"

@gabrielragum

3 жыл бұрын

"Part 1 of 2 147 483 647"

@cf453

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielragum Part 1 of 2 ^ 31 ? We're gonna need 64-bit.

@Siska0Robert

3 жыл бұрын

You *won't* believe reason #7!

@francescolacamera9009

3 жыл бұрын

@@cf453 just put the number in a string and hope nobody'll notice 😳

@i.pezzotti853

3 жыл бұрын

“Part 1.00 - Volume I, Version 1.1, Section A”

"Man devastated to find all his work replaced with «content»" I see what you did there.

@kjl3080

3 жыл бұрын

ono

@matt309

3 жыл бұрын

non

@adamennaqui7413

3 жыл бұрын

People who get that have been around long enough to get a veterans discount

@declanlong4676

3 жыл бұрын

The dreaded onosecond

@aliveslice

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamennaqui7413 not that long..

I saw that VOTE SAXON poster, you can’t sneak a doctor who reference past me ;)

Sounds more like the real issue is that people got used to a 'free' internet. As such, advertisers gladly filled the money gap but asked for data in return.

@bigpod

2 жыл бұрын

problem is people thing since everything is so accesable it is free but reality is people need to pay for all this stuff

@phantombeing3015

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigpod what would you chose? Money or data?

@bigpod

2 жыл бұрын

@@phantombeing3015 data of course its worth more if i can use it

@phantombeing3015

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigpod I meant, like, would you pay to use Google photos or just let them collect datas on you by uploading to their drive for free,m

@bigpod

2 жыл бұрын

@@phantombeing3015 i honestly dont use it but i guess pay with data

Hey, remember when websites would make actual pop-ups that would open as their own window at the operating system level? That was fun. Another skirmish in the 'ads vs browser developers' war.

@autohmae

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and that was worse than now. I think we can win this battle too.

@Vellzi

3 жыл бұрын

Flashbacks to those websites that would trick you Into to starting a superchain of unclosable windows msgboxes that you had to hold Spacebar to get through while the author writes about how much of your time he's wasting.

@Mostlyharmless1985

3 жыл бұрын

I’m still gobsmacked at how NETSEND was ever considered a good idea at Microsoft...

@vividandlucid

3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine used some very simple code to make a website that opens new tabs of itself at the speed of light, just a couple years ago. Our school wasn't very happy about it

@chris7263

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vellzi ugh, and remember when they'd play music or other audio? And sometimes they'd stay minimized when they opened, so you had to figure out which tab/window was making the noise.

I honestly can't remember ever buying a product iv seen on an Ad. If anything, the ad causes me frustraion and therefire resist buying that item.

@zbdfhg

3 жыл бұрын

- Plato

@peNdantry

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who believes they are immune to the effects of pervasive advertising hasn't fully considered that it is a multi-trillion dollar enterprise.

@MrCatfail

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of the time it is about influence. Putting something in your head that otherwise wouldn't be there - a brand name, the colour of a certain product. It builds over time

@ungodlytemptations

3 жыл бұрын

I got an ad for Asaki Japanese Beer. It's now my favourite beer.

@dreska255

3 жыл бұрын

If you set your vpn to a country you are not familiar with (especially developing ones such as those in south or southeast asia, there are a lot of vpn servers based there), some of the ads may be replaced with products that are only available locally, and since you probably are not gonna understand the language anyway, may reduce the influence these ads may have on you. Or of course, you can just use an ad blocker. Edit: phrasing. Also i'm not 100% sure that this will not influence you in using any products. If you want to keep brands away from entering your subconscious, just turn ads off altogether.

Rarely been happier to subscribe and support a channel than yours Thanks for your efforts Tom!

Fantastic Tom! You explain what we use in our everyday, in a way everyone can understand whilst remaining engaged! Cheers

"I actually just realized that I just implied advertisers are not people" that's correct

@natebrown2805

3 жыл бұрын

factually true

@mimi1568

3 жыл бұрын

I just can't decide if they're lizard people or amorphous shape shifters who just "bloop" into a bucket at the end of the day.

@TheJaironman99

3 жыл бұрын

When I heard that line I immediately thought of the Bill Hicks piece about advertisers

@Holobrine

3 жыл бұрын

True. Advertisers are corporations which are made of people, but are not themselves people. A corporation, in addition to being made of people, also has a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders, which actual people do not, and that makes all the difference. Without that fiduciary responsibility, no one would really care to thwart the ad blockers. Also if society just made sure everyone had what they needed no strings attached, no one would need or even want to be so annoying just to grab your attention.

@WistrelChianti

3 жыл бұрын

actually... for a large part now they are algorithms

My favorite websites are still those '90s U.S. government/military/university sites that use basic HTML formatting, simple text and graphics, with no third-party content or plug-ins. This is exactly how I make all my websites. People sometimes say it looks dated, but at least you get nothing but the information you want and the pages load lightning fast even on a smartphone.

@bettercalldelta

Жыл бұрын

i remember a pure html page from a university website that helped me understand something in c++, it was straight to the point with its information

@JetFalcon710

Жыл бұрын

Well I mean, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The U.S government has a lot of experience with that -- hell, they still use those massive eight-inch floppy disks for guiding nuclear missiles

@DrSpaceman69

Жыл бұрын

@@JetFalcon710 bc its safer. Cant hack a floppy disk ;)

@JetFalcon710

Жыл бұрын

@@DrSpaceman69 Yep. Not to mention, they're extremely reliable and also hard to sneak out of a building

@user-fr2fm3ri3w

Жыл бұрын

Then you aren’t a programmer, you just write a word document and embed it in html.

As a programmer it’s super gratifying to see someone talk about something I know about and nail all the details. Great stuff. 👍

Its amazing how you make these videos with only 1 or few takes. Great video

“Advertisers are not people” - Tom Scott 2020

@Michael-mh2tw

3 жыл бұрын

'people who make money from advertising in order to continue to make and do what they want are people though, like Tom Scott.' - Me, 2020.

@beskamir5977

3 жыл бұрын

@@Michael-mh2tw Sure, but you can do that ethically, most advertisers are not doing that ethically therefore they lose people status privileges :P But jokes aside, companies/corporations are in some ways alien to humans and could therefore be considered as distinct/separate from human beings.

@thanhavictus

3 жыл бұрын

Based

@Vassilinia

3 жыл бұрын

He's right though.

@jefffrasca4054

3 жыл бұрын

The election is over. Tom Scott 2024! (I know he's British.)

The people most in need of spanking are the ones who decided that when users clicked on "More options", they should be presented with two near-identical buttons named "Agree to all cookies" and "Accept my choices". How I wish the legislators would enforce the "informed" part, not just the "consent" part.

@Ownage4lif31

3 жыл бұрын

Yea they are annoying

@purplespark8

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. We really need to curb this abuse

@Hyperus

3 жыл бұрын

That atleast forces you to read it. I have a bigger problem when the accept all button is way more visible.

@jimmykeffer7401

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, It’s really difficult to make a rule and enforce it on all of the internet at once.

@satibel

3 жыл бұрын

I just want the Do Not Track header to be respected and not show that annoying box.

You're videos are funny as all hell, thank you so much for all the wonderful knowledge you choose to share with us :)

I'm astounded such a complex system works at all. Even though I understand how such stability is achieved, it still amazes me.

The Internet must be broken: I always accept ALL THE COOKIES yet I have Not received a single one so far.

@arx48

3 жыл бұрын

good one xD

@coltaylordyath5180

3 жыл бұрын

If you do a Google search for the word 'Google', you can break the Internet. Seriously, don't do it!

@omairshafiq1998

3 жыл бұрын

@@coltaylordyath5180 why am I going to do that

@natasha-ut7si

3 жыл бұрын

@@coltaylordyath5180 I want to do this REALLY badly now

@nabicx

3 жыл бұрын

boomer humor

Disable your adblocker to access this article *Close tab*

@SpiffingNZ

3 жыл бұрын

Pro move: Use the ad blocker to hide the element blocking the page and begging you to disable adblocker. Works on most sites.

@DFPercush

3 жыл бұрын

I saw a doozie the other day. Consume all memory resources and crash the browser. --> report to site owner who says "disable ad blocker"

@parnikkapore

3 жыл бұрын

Another pro move: Disable JS to remove clutter on a ton of news sites

@1127TOMI

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpiffingNZ I always go to inspect element and just delete the elements blocking the site.

@TobiasDettinger

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpiffingNZ What i have to set in adblocker to do this? I cant find the option yet.

6:50 frankly it should be minimum, rather than maximum.

I am more familiar with this topic(web design, cookies .. etc) than your average user, so didn't expect to learn much when I started this video but was pleasantly surprised, great video!

This video is as timely as every. KZread just announced that they will be putting ads on *every* video, whether or not the creator is getting paid. I keep thinking how advertising could get more and more intrusive, yet every day it gets a little worse 🙃

@hedgie9823

3 жыл бұрын

Really?

@snowstrobe

3 жыл бұрын

We seriously need a good KZread alternative...

@thepranjaljain

3 жыл бұрын

This video was made 3 months ago, made public just now. What does that tell you?

@jackgalen6014

3 жыл бұрын

@@thepranjaljain 3 months from now it can only be worse I guess

@allenqueen

3 жыл бұрын

It can't be helped can it? Storage Servers cost money, and youtube has a HUGE amount of videos uploaded every day. They need to atleast break even.

I mean, that "vote Saxon" ad sounds really interesting. Minimalist, straight to the point, one could say they... Mastered the art of publicity.

@The_D0C70R

3 жыл бұрын

Of course the Master is a master of everything, just like the Doctor is a doctor of everything.

@lauraireson6358

3 жыл бұрын

+

@hamsandwich4243

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Harold Saxon really has *mastered* the art of publicity

@canaryimpulse989

3 жыл бұрын

I think what the Web really needs ... right now ... is a Doctor. :)

@The_D0C70R

3 жыл бұрын

@@canaryimpulse989 You called?

Just found a new tactic websites use to discourage users from denying cookies: Show a progress bar that takes around 10 seconds to finish before letting you on the site if you don’t accept cookies.

@TomsRuns_UK

4 ай бұрын

It's January 2024 [as of writing], and KZread waits you 5 seconds before they let you into the video if you installed an adblocker on your browser.

I love this man's content. It feels like watching a science documentary from Discovery channel.

"I just implied that advertisers aren't people..." *Bill Hicks would like to know your location.*

@ste887

3 жыл бұрын

Bill is Still busy with his meeting at the docks

@daroldcarold3443

3 жыл бұрын

who is bicks?

@Zogger568

3 жыл бұрын

He's right tho

@umkm2k

3 жыл бұрын

I see what Tom is doing there. He's going for that "advertisers aren't people" dollar.

@cdein1

3 жыл бұрын

@@umkm2k He's doing a good thing, a lot of people are feeling that 'advertisers are not people' dollar. That's a good market.

It’s 2020 and we are still talking about computers in a room with lots of flashing red buttons. Awesome.

@fusseldieb

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely *love* that background.

@thaumaturgicresearchcounci4180

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually the computer running the simulation that we're all living in

@RedRad1990

3 жыл бұрын

@@thaumaturgicresearchcounci4180 The problem is choice

7:56 this is really interesting. My brother recently did this with Windows xp in order to play some of his very old games.

Tom Scott, you are awesome. As a software developer, I am learning new things from you all the time. I often struggle to explain things that I work on to my friends and family, and you make it a piece of cake. Thank you.

( 7:00 ) A lot of that has changed as the law requires it. A lot of those boxes are now 2 presses. Initial box says "accept all / customise", and if you customise, everything _should_ be off, and then it asks you "accept all / save and close". The accept all is of course big and green, while the customise/save are grey and looks disabled. But it's better than the initial design where you had to check off each individual tracking site.

@OLBastholm

3 жыл бұрын

Most are still not two equally sized/emphasized buttons, even though that's what the law requires.

@RustOnWheels

3 жыл бұрын

Lately everything is ‘legitimate interest’ so you can’t turn off more than half of the cookies.

@jebactychpolicjantow5497

3 жыл бұрын

Great. I'd rather pay the €20,000,000. Your VAT is paying for this garbage to be thought up.

@anirudhkumar9139

2 жыл бұрын

I still double check if they have actually disabled every cookie except the strictly necessary ones that just can't be turned off

@straightupanarg6226

2 жыл бұрын

We're talking about Dark Patterns here.

At the same time as Tom was dealing with annoying notifications, Chrome asked me if I wanted to allow notifications from KZread and I thought for a second that it was somehow Tom's doing.

Funniest thing is we're watching this video because KZread also used our personal data and preferences to "advertise" us this content. We're in an endless advertising cycle

I was waiting for this type of a video.

The hovercraft pub is also a mess, but for very different reasons.

@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73

3 жыл бұрын

AlanKey86

@squabbbb

3 жыл бұрын

AlanKey86

@slyseal2091

3 жыл бұрын

AlanKey86

@Sammy-JoeG

3 жыл бұрын

AlanKey86

@lemonboi1317

3 жыл бұрын

AlanKey86

The question "Why is X such a mess?" can almost always be answered with one simple word. Money.

@NetheriteMiner

3 жыл бұрын

that's sadly accurate

@Khronogi

3 жыл бұрын

Power and money. You can also derive things back to their 7 deadly sins forms as well.

@seraphinduvolzairo5938

3 жыл бұрын

Capitalism

@Facusblues

3 жыл бұрын

It's always funny reading people complain about capitalism in KZread (Owned by Google, one of the biggest companies in the world) and using a Phone/computer that of course is from a big company too. You make me laugh guys, if you hate capitalism so much go to live in the middle of nowhere and stop using technology at all 🤣

@twitertaker

3 жыл бұрын

@@Facusblues Not speaking for the others (I did not participate in that discussion for a reason) but I did explicitely not complain about the role of money. Not in this context at least.

I would love to hear the stuff about corporate personhood and employees acting as hiveminds, tbh

this is the best, most informative and just awesome video on yt ever.

"Reader view" would also, theoretically, hide any cookie consent boxes. And though they're not meant to, most websites default to "track"

@thorbear

3 жыл бұрын

That's not GDPR compliant, report them :D

@cosmosnep

3 жыл бұрын

@@thorbear Let me know if the ICO does anything but say "not our job, we're not a regulator"!

@ano_nym

3 жыл бұрын

It also seem to "disables" addons, in Firefox at least they are on a "protected" site which doesn't allow addons to work. Meaning that you wont get protection from adblock, and NoScript, etc. For example if an article have images blocked due to some NoScript setting, they will be visible in reader mode, so they must be loading. Unless they go through "safe" servers and are "cleaned" they will allow for tracking.

@thewolfin

3 жыл бұрын

Not one mention of adblock - we truly are on KZread.

I wondered why I hadn't seen one of your vids in a little while, turns out KZread unsubscribed me for no reason. Gee thanks, KZread!

@shawgoodman

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@UltraVibeProductions

3 жыл бұрын

The messy web strikes again.

@noahkrause2835

3 жыл бұрын

youtube has been known to do that, they have also been caught removing dislikes from certain companies videos (disney)

@peterholmes2364

3 жыл бұрын

Did the exact same for me aswell it's really weird

@surplusvalue3271

3 жыл бұрын

yes same i don't get his videos in my recommended, i have to always search for it

Thanks for your work!

It’s amazing how good Tom Scott is as Tom in Succession - brilliant actor

The irony that my dark mode won't stay on in Chrome now is unreal.

@GoetheNorris

3 жыл бұрын

chrome://flags and set it to automatic in developper options. if not get autodarkreader extension

@linear9185

3 жыл бұрын

you should use firefox it’s much better and dark mode stays on

@linear9185

3 жыл бұрын

@@Justpassingb1 firefox gang

@linear9185

3 жыл бұрын

@Tim Riches yes but firefox is still better

@differentlyabledmuslimjewi4475

3 жыл бұрын

why are you using chrome? Use something better. We are past the days of chrome and firefox.

"we value your privacy" - well then, why are you showing me this popup with misleading buttons?!

@FinJet347

3 жыл бұрын

More like we value our ability to make money out of you in the EU

@606films9

3 жыл бұрын

Privacy, they never said they gave a crap

@ratlinggull2223

3 жыл бұрын

That just means they sell your privacy for money.

@thenasadude6878

3 жыл бұрын

A mandatory text saying "We must comply with EU regulations or we are screwed" is better

@Ghaarf

3 жыл бұрын

"We care about your privacy, and by a complete coincidence we started caring at the same time privacy laws were put in place"

it's such a shame how dreadful every website is, it really doesn't have to be like this it drives me nuts when websites stutter and take a dozen seconds to load in because they have to load a dozen video ads before it can load the couple of kilobytes of text i came in to read

Brilliant video. I had no idea. Am now looking in setting to see if reader view can be my default. Thankyou.

When you think about it, Wikipedia IS the point of the internet. (That, and online libraries/public access E-Books.) It always has been.

@shocktnc

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe, but it's being ruined by the rest of the internet.

@aloysiuskurnia7643

2 жыл бұрын

How about Scihub

@karlosdaniel6537

2 жыл бұрын

@@aloysiuskurnia7643 SciHub and LibGen are the Alexandria's Library of the Modern World.

@Name-de1ij

2 жыл бұрын

They should have a feature where you can request info on a page instead of editing the whole thing

@karlosdaniel6537

2 жыл бұрын

@@Name-de1ij What do you mean?

Now can Tom Scott answer why I'm such a mess?

@spywalkz1

3 жыл бұрын

Well find out on another episode of tom Scott

@frogery

3 жыл бұрын

advertisers

@hammerth1421

3 жыл бұрын

_broadly gestures at everything_

@22NightWing

3 жыл бұрын

Tom's videos are usually short...

@Alia-bc3rc

3 жыл бұрын

Probably need more cookie.

How many have had the experience of simply talking about something unique, then seeing an ad for that exact unique product pop up!

What a phenomenal video tom, Thank you.

Advertisers are people. Subway is a person, I saw him on Community.

@DarkAudit

3 жыл бұрын

"Eat fresh, Britta. Eat fresh."

@minister2965

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one

@justanuglyboy

3 жыл бұрын

And I assume you'd like to have some car? Have some Honda Fit for your everyday use...

@121212isaac

3 жыл бұрын

@@chaos-sy1kq 5g688mķ 7ý8

4:24 "Kryptonite allergic" "Thanks for your order, clark!" "Superhero supplies" I love these superman refrence

@abrahamo2895

3 жыл бұрын

Finally a comment about it

@SH4D0W0733

3 жыл бұрын

There's also Smallville, and Metropolis before that. Just slowly creeping in with more mainstream knowledge until it's obvious who it is.

@abrahamo2895

3 жыл бұрын

@@SH4D0W0733 I was gonna reply about that but didn't want to sound pretentious

@ozzyfromspace

3 жыл бұрын

@@abrahamo2895 the comment and replies remind me of the good side of the internet: a way to see humans at their best. I would have gone my entire life without noticing the Superman references if it wasn’t for you all 😅🙌🏽✨

@francescafrancesca3554

3 жыл бұрын

Yeeees, they were great.

I like the idea of Tom sitting there, recording the intro to this video without the popups and noises we see in the finished project, just getting irritated at nothing in particular.

That museum looks cool, I'd love to go there one day.