Comment on Any idea what Google are doing? Is this because I dont use Chrome (use Firefox)? I've no adblockers.

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve been wondering if it’s uBlock Origin or me not being part of the test yet. Sounds like the latter. Shit.

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  • TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I got the pop-up too, but I can just kick the X and continue watching without adds. Got unlock origin.

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    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s phase one. At one point, a timer will appear and you have ti wait until you can click the X. Lastly, the video will stay locked and cannot be watched.

      You seeing the popup means you need to update the uBlock filters and disable other add-on’s ad filters like Enhancer’s Block Ads feature.

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  • TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I got the pop-up too, but I can just kick the X and continue watching without adds. Got unlock origin.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Good to know! Thanks!

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  • kobra@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah I’ve had it sporadically happen to me but last night was the most effective. Fully updated Firefox and ublock on windows and I could only watch 3 videos before getting locked out.

    Previous to last night, I hadn’t seen the pop up for at least a week.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I actually had it about 20 minutes ago. Forgot to post here. But when I Xed out of it, it played normally.

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• Silejonu@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Did you update your filters?

  I had the pop-up today, updated my filters then reloaded the page, and the warning was gone.

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• narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pretty sure, as I saw the popup multiple times, updated uBlock filters and didn’t see them again since.

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• killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There’s no test group, it’s available now. Instructions here

  reddit.com/…/youtube_antiadblock_and_ads_october_…

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  • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There’s no test group

    They are almost certainly talking about a test group on YouTube, not uBlock Origin. Sites do that sometimes, it’s called A/B Testing. Where different users will get different versions of the site to test something or other before changes are rolled out for all users.

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    • killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ah, the second sentence made it sound like they were questioning the uBlock implementation, not YouTube’s.

      And not just sites, but all forms of software can implement A/B and multivariate tests, including software like uBlock Origin. I’ve implemented A/B and multivariate tests before, and have even co-designed and developed an experimentation platform, so it’s a subject close to my heart!

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