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loxo@lemmy.world 8 months agoFirefox + ublock. Just did “purge all caches” and “update now” with ublock and I can watch again thankfully.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 months ago
YouTube updates their adblocking detection algorithm few times a day so you need to keep updating ublock few times a day too. However you don’t need to update the entire filter list. Find the one that says “quick fixes”, click the clock icon after it and then the update button on the top. So far this has worked for me. Previously I was getting that pop-up several times a day and now I’ve went almost a week without. Also if you’re using firefox, as you should, make sure you disable the enhanced tracking protection for YouTube (shield icon at the address bar before www.youtube.com…)
Yesterday after not updating the filters for a while I got the “video player will be blocked after 3 videos” pop-up, but after updating the filters I haven’t seen that one again either and the player haven’t been blocked either.
FatTony@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So, problem solved?
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 8 months ago
Seems like it for now
Until next time, we shall keep looking for ways to get around it!
Vendul@feddit.de 8 months ago
Google will slightly change the code again and you will have to update the ublock origin lists everytime
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Temporarily anyways. Youtube will update the adblock detection and uBlock will update the filters to get around it again.
I’ve had to reload my filters several times over the last couple of weeks to get rid of the popups.
MudMan@kbin.social 8 months ago
Joke's on them, I installed Freetube for the first time on account of their dumb attempt and the performance is so much better than just using their web app on Firefox I'm just sticking with it even after the popups went away.
I have zero regrets, and their recommendations are increasingly unhinged as their algorithm continutes to try to figure out why my usage went to zero.