Fair warning: Last week my account was seemingly shadowbanned, and now gets “This content isn’t available” on every video.
Logging out plays videos, making a new brand account worked, etc. and no notification from youtube.
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einkorn@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Well, it’s always been a cat and mouse game.
Just earlier today, I got a pop-up on YouTube about how they would block me after 3 videos because I use an ad blocker. Jump to now and everything is fine again. Thank you, uBlock Origin!
raltoid@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
limerod@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
You were shadowbanned for watching youtube in a web browser with adblock? Sounds excessive.
Snowpix@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If you happen to use BlockTube, disable it. It’s currently triggering the adblock detection.
Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
they still try that?
i can’t remember the last time i have seen one of those warnings.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’m guessing you use Firefox? It’s much better at evading that tracking.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah I saw it on FF as well. Forcing an update on the “Quick Fixes” blocklist on uBlock Origin got rid of it.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The business cycle dictates that companies try to re-implement bad ideas every six months to two years.
If the idea was good, they’d have implemented it and made their money. Only bad ideas are still ripe for exploitation and new economic growth, because you haven’t had someone as smart as me to make them work right.
Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Google doesn’t do global roll outs with their updates. The anti adblock stuff especially. They target only some % of randomly selected users to spread confusion online, and I would guess their hope is to frustrate people into disabling ad blockers on Youtube after reading a bunch of misinformation and placebo bad advice when looking for tech support.