I had that problem as well, I had to make sure I didn’t have any other blockers/privacy/enhancer addons that changed YouTube in some way, after that, ublock worked properly again.
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3migo@lemmy.world 8 months agoHow would one do this? I use ublock origin on Firefox, but I’ve started seeing the same pop-ups on YouTube the last few days and would love to get rid of them.
Azzu@lemm.ee 8 months ago
3migo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ah, I am also using Sponsorblock. That may be doing it.
Azzu@lemm.ee 8 months ago
That still works. I had to disable “Enhancer for Youtube” and the Firefox-internal “Enhanced tracking protection”
3migo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You’re right. Sponsorblock still works, but I needed to disable my “Return Youtube Dislikes” extension. After that was turned off, all good!
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
On PC: Click on uBlock Origin, click on the little gears to go to the dashboard, select the Filter Lists tab.
First, ensure that the first option, auto-updating filter lists, is turned on unless you have a reason for it to be off.
Then, make sure that you have ALL the add-related filters turned on, and all the annoyances filters selected as well. Only some are selected by default so you need to look them over carefully. Look over the other filters while you’re at it and turn on any others you’ve missed that you think you might want.
Then, once you have enabled all your desired filters, select “Apply changes” and then “Update Now” via the two large buttons at the top left of the page. You should see all the filters go from an orange triangle to something else. Export your new settings if you want a backup of what you just did, and close.
If a filter list you turned on breaks something, just turn the newly enabled ones off again OR whitelist the broken site. But honestly you shouldn’t have any problems, the uBlock Origin filter lists are pretty fine-tuned these days. I have them ALL turned on, lol.
I’ve done this several times over the last few weeks as I’ve been trying out Linux distros and refuse to use Firefox without ad-blocking. Let me know if you have any problems.
mihnt@lemmy.world 8 months ago
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Great call, thanks for adding that.
cor315@lemmy.world 8 months ago
We need more people like you in the world.
3migo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sadly it looks like Google/Youtube have now circumvented Ublock again. After implementing the changes you suggested above, it got rid of the pop-ups on Youtube for me for a week, and now they’re back and I can’t get around them even after updating Ublock. Hopefully Ublock gets around these quickly.
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Gah, sorry man. For myself I’m staying logged out of Youtube at this point, and I won’t try again until a more stable fix comes along. I imported my subscriptions into Freetube, and watching either there or on Youtube but not logged in. Sorry it didn’t last.
3migo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m sure that it’ll just be an ongoing battle between Ublock & Youtube both updating themselves to get around the other. I’ve transferred over to watching more & more on Nebula as it’s better for the creators, ad free, and way cheaper than Youtube Premium.