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0 pointsryandrake2y ago0 comments

> However, upon reading this blog post, it does seem he's using the official API so I guess he thinks he'll be fine as long as he doesn't block ads.

The idea of strapping something to my face that's going to project ads into my eyeballs that I cannot look away from--well, let's say it's pretty clear technology took a wrong term some time ago.

Apple should do the right thing and enforce a strong "no ads" policy for this product. Keep it premium for people who shell out thousands of dollars for it.

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Kwpolska2y ago

You can get rid of the ads on YouTube by paying 0.4% of the Vision Pro base model price per month.

shiroiuma2y ago

That does nothing for all the "sponsor segments" embedded in the videos.

hunter2_2y ago

Try sponsorblock, or stn which includes it.

shiroiuma2y ago

AFAIK, sponsorblock isn't going to work with a 3rd-party YouTube viewer app like this.

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Gigachad2y ago

You can look away from it. The OS doesn’t give apps access to the eye tracking info.

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Kwpolska2y ago

You can get rid of the ads on YouTube by paying 0.4% of the Vision Pro base model price per month.

shiroiuma2y ago

That does nothing for all the "sponsor segments" embedded in the videos.

hunter2_2y ago

Try sponsorblock, or stn which includes it.

shiroiuma2y ago

AFAIK, sponsorblock isn't going to work with a 3rd-party YouTube viewer app like this.

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Gigachad2y ago

You can look away from it. The OS doesn’t give apps access to the eye tracking info.

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