Submitted 1 day ago by shalafi@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Seems like a dumb question as I’m constantly reading posts about YouTube blocking and I’ve been in IT for 30 years, but I’m at a complete loss.
Using uBlock Origin 1.64.0, been fine until the last week or two. Still works in Edge! But it’s annoying to swap browsers back and forth and not be able to simply click a link in Firefox.
Searching the web all I get is old news, nothing about the latest fixes.
Is there something like revanced for a Windows desktop?
If uBlock Origin was working fine until recently, you can try this workaround (it worked for me when YouTube suddenly started showing me “Ad blockers are against YouTube TOS” messages):
Open uBlock settings in Firefox, go to “Filter Lists” and uncheck “uBlock Filters - Quick fixes” under “Built-in”.
Restart Firefox after unchecking it and see if it helps.
Well, that works. But now I got ads again.
Ah, well that’s not ideal. I’m surprised just disabling the “Quick fixes” list resulted in ads appearing again; that didn’t happen for me. Have you tried updating the filter lists after disabling the “Quick fixes” one?
Every once in a while, Youtube makes some change to how they serve ads, and uBlock stops working for some people for a while. An update will typically come up pretty quickly that fixes this. Odds are tomorrow it will be fine.
I have been using uBlock Origin for a long time and have no problems with ads, while other people with other blockers have a lot of problems, YouTube forces them to turn off blockers, worsens the experience, etc. uBlock Origin always seems to work perfectly.
UBlock Origin works for me in Firefox, but the last time YouTube was at war with adblockers I had to retore default settings in uBlock every few days.
I can’t remember the process but I think I had to reset the settings and do something with the lists.
You can also try a desktop app like Freetube. There is no algorithm through, if you are looking for that. It sometimes breaks when YouTube makes changes and everything is stored locally, so you have to back up your subscriptions if you plan on reinstalling Windows at some stage.
See if you can default uBlock Origin, that method worked before.
uBlock Origin works 9n Firefox for me. No ads on YT.
The last time I remember stuff like this happened, it was because of addon conflicts, fresh Firefox with only ublock origin “fixed it” for many people, indicating some other addon was the problem.
Have you tried updating uBlock manually?
Yep. :(
Freetube will allow you to watch vids adfree on Windows desktop.
Yeah, FreeTube is great, though sometimes it can broke because of YouTube shenanigans.
Try an encrypted DNS with ad filtering
uBlock Origin probably just needs its filter lists updated, you can update them by opening the extension, hitting the gears icon, clicking on the “filter lists” tab at the top and selecting update next to any that are outdated.
Personally, I use the nuclear option because fuck google – I have AdNauseam (which includes uBlock Origin), SponsorBlock, PopUpOFF, DeArrow, Return Youtube Dislike, and CanvasBlocker.
i came here to use firefox and block youtube ads.
and i’m all out of youtube ads.
Switch to LibreWolf and get UBlock origin. Have yet to see it fail.
Freetube is another alternative that have been working for me with an occasional update.
I’ll be looking into invidious and piped next
YouTube is starting to slow down videos from starting even with ad blockers on
UBO and custom DNS works for me in FF. Sometimes I still get blocked so off to an Invidious instance I go (and they’re ad-free too) to watch whatever content I was trying to view.
This is unsettling to hear, because I haven’t had an issue in several months on my end. When it used to get bad, the one thing that always seemed to work for me was watching things in private tabs.
I’ve also used the Albanian VPN workaround, and it definitely worked in the past. Good luck, let us know if you find a solution!
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Just stock Firefox with the most up to date uBlock Origin (your version) should be sufficient. YouTube has been experimenting later with some work arounds lately, so maybe you’re one of the few unlucky ones.