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With ads starting to appear in numerous places in Windows 11, users are trying to find ways to stop these on their devices. Microsoft does not call these integrations ads most of the time. The company prefers terms such as promotions, experiences, or tips instead. Recent integrations include ads for apps in the Start menu,…
While Google is intensifying its fight against adblockers on YouTube, developers of adblocking solutions are pushing back. A recent development introduced a new category of tools that improve the user experience on YouTube: so-called ad skippers. Unlike adblockers, which block advertisement using filter lists or AI, ad skippers either skip ads, hence the name, or…
YT Channel Downloader is an open source downloader for YouTube videos. It supports downloading individual videos and also entire channels or playlists. You can download it from its GitHub repository. It is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS devices. The program is based on yt-dlp, scrapetube, and pytube, but much easier to use. The main…
Browser extension Limit promises to keep you focused on important tasks by setting time limits for distracting websites. We have all been there probably: you need to focus on “something” important on your electronic devices but are distracted all the time. Notifications, chat messages, a quick browse on YouTube, checking your social media feed, or…
Under New Management is a new extension for Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. Its main purpose is to notify users when the owner of installed extensions changes. Here is why that is important: an entire ecosystem of companies exist that buy extensions to, usually, exploit the userbase and extract as much money as possible from…
Vividl – Video Downloader is an open source tool for Microsoft Windows devices to download videos from hundreds of websites. The app uses the popular downloader youtube-dl / yt-dlp in the background. It supports downloads of video or audio files from hundreds of sites. Most video streaming sites do not want you to download videos….
Glow is an open source program for Microsoft Windows devices that displays a wealth of information about the system it is run on. What are the features that it offers and how does it compare to popular alternatives such as Speccy? Read on to find out. Glow: a system analyzer Windows displays some information about…
Grayjay is a new application for Google Android devices to follow video creators on multiple platforms. Depending on how active you are when it comes to streaming media, you may know that many video creators publish content to different platforms. A basic example is a Twitch streamer who also publishes some footage on YouTube. Keeping…
O&O AppBuster is a free application by O&O Software GMBH. The program enables Windows 10 and 11 users to uninstall apps that Microsoft does not want users to remove from the system. While some apps are critical components of Windows, the same can’t be said for all locked apps. Apps like Photos, Phone Link, Game…
Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer that is powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust. Note: the software is alpha at this point. It may contain bugs and issues, and its main purpose is testing at this stage. I experienced some hangs and issues during the test. All modern operating systems…