Comment on YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world

• netchami@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just use a proper ad-blocker like uBlock Origin in combination with a browser like Firefox or LibreWolf that supports proper ad-blocking extension. Fuck this Chromium garbage that deprecated MV2 because Google is scared of adblockers. Don’t support Google’s monopoly on browser rendering engines and use Firefox or something even better like LibreWolf.

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  • squaresinger@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Did you read what the addon is about? It’s not an adblocker but is to be used in conjunction with one. All it does is circumventing the adblockerblocker. It specifically recommends being used together with uBlock.

    Btw, I use FF with uBlock. But I am not everyone, so when I stumbled across this, I thought it might be helpful for some people.

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    • netchami@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I know, but uBlock has built in circumvention features, and you can add custom blocking rules or filterlists to uBO without having to install an additional extension. If the addon becomes outdated, it might start interfering with uBlock Origin. It’s best not to combine uBO with any other ad-blocking addons and just use the existing mechanisms like custom rules and filterlists to extend uBO if needed. The uBO team is constantly working on ensuring that the built in circumvention mechanism works, most of the time, the only thing a user needs to do is clear the cache and update the filterlists.

      And I found it ironic, that Googles own extension store contains an extension that circumvents the YouTube adblockerblocker.

      It will probably be taken down soon lol

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