Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
Iconoclast@feddit.uk 20 hours ago
Apparently there is a way around it as I’ve been watching YouTube all day and haven’t encountered a single ad.
Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
Iconoclast@feddit.uk 20 hours ago
Apparently there is a way around it as I’ve been watching YouTube all day and haven’t encountered a single ad.
FG_3479@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
YouTube has been shadowbanning ad blocker users, where you comments appear to post but actually haven’t, for a while now.
I think the issue is with the EasyPrivacy list blocking the heartbeat signals that tell YouTube you are actually someone interacting with the page and not a bot.
Brave doesn’t seem to have this issue as they whitelist those scripts but it has other issues so I recommend keeping it as a YouTube only browser.
entwine@programming.dev 16 hours ago
Stop using the YouTube app/website, get an alt frontend like FreeTube, Grayjay, Revanced, etc. Not only do they remove ads and make it impossible for Google to track you, they have better UX than the official apps.
pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
What’s wrong with Brave?/gen I keep seeing positive comments about it, so there must be something I don’t know.
emokidforever@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Here’s a pretty in-depth explanation. www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/ The article is from 2023, so I’m not sure if they’ve improved since then.
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
What alternative do you recommend for watching YouTube on a PC?
br0da@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
One of the options laid out above: FreeTube
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I noticed one of my comments was shadowbanned, I thought it was the channel that did it. Hmm, I don’t comment much on YT, I guess I won’t at all now. NBD.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
Firefox extension to fix youtube comments forever