YouTube just quietly blocked Adblock Plus — the internet hasn't noticed yet, but I've found a workaround

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• EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  There’s a name I haven’t heard in years 😂

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• Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  lol chrome

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• W3dd1e@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I noticed yesterday and it’s also affecting other sites where Google serves ads, like Reddit.

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  • W3dd1e@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t use Chrome so whatever they did is affecting Adblock elsewhere too.

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    • sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Everyone else has switched to Ublock Origin adblocker years ago :) Try it, it’s the only real one

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• Sunflier@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Oh thank god: its only on Chrome

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• artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Oh yeah, well ublock blocks the blocking of their blocks!

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• Oberyn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Is the fact it’s impossible for me to play any thing in (PipePipe|Outertune) these past few days connected to this ?

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• thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  iOS and Mac users have Vinegar, if you want to spend like $2 and support an indie developer.

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  • DJDarren@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    When I had an iPhone, Vinegar was the best few quid I ever spent. Between that and the adblocker I used, I got ad free YouTube with the default iOS video player. Glorious.

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s strange that they go to this much effort to ban ad blockers. What’s the percentage of their user base watching on devices with ad blockers? I bet it’s low — especially when including smart tv viewers in those numbers.

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• 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m gonna get a load of grief for this but Brave works fine…

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  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Same for Firefox.

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  • fin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Brave is not a privacy company. They are affiliated.

    But I don’t think switching to Firefox is good enough, since Mozilla is adding bloats to it. Use forks.

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    • 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      matters little to many people they just want to see less ads

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• imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I got a question in my head just now.

  DNS sinkhole doesnt help with youtube ads but UBO does. DNS doesn’t help with twitch ads and neither UBO does. Why is that youtube doesn’t do the same what twitch does?

  On a side note, my ads on twitch are basically “ad is in progress” screen and not an actual ad. And lately YT has couple of seconds with no video in the beginning as if it loads (1Gbit connection) but eventually loads up and plays with no interruptions after.

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  • bossjack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t work on uBlock or even webdev but it doesn’t take much of a stretch to think YouTube’s servers will refuse to immediately transmit a video stream after the webpage is requested; probably waiting for a typical user to skip 2 30-sec ads.

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• z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just use LibRedirect extension to redirect to an invidious instance. Take the URL of the video you want to watch and download the video using yt-dlp. Watch it on your desktop using mpv.

  On Android, use Newpipe or Tubular Fork of Newpipe to download video. Better yet, use Seal with Sponsorblock flags to download and watch without sponsor mentions. Watch using mpv.

  On iOS, use Brave browser…

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  • fin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Brave browser is a affiliated shit. Should rather use Orion Browser with uBO. But since Tim Apple recently gave the rapist a chunk of gold, the best option is switch to Android phone with a custom ROM

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• mhague@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Everyone breaking the website so they can watch gigabytes of content without ads or subscription: You’re not allowed to break things just because you disagree with the other party! You should find an amicable alternative!

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  • unmagical@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    • I ask a website for content.
    • The website gives me content and a side of shit.
    • I instruct my intelligent butler to discard the shit and only give me the content I requested.
    • I get only the content I requested.

    If a website wants to run ads that’s fine, I’ll just remove them. If they want to gate their content behind a paywall that’s fine, I’ll just make a determination about whether or not what they offer is worth it.

    Removing ads is not “breaking a website” if anything it’s the exact opposite–restoring a cleaner layout, faster loading, less privacy invasion, and a reduced chance of malware.

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• TwigletSparkle@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  AdNauseum still works; so do many others.

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• barnaclebutt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ublock was leading to errors when a YouTube link was clicked for me, but refreshing the page just loaded the video. It seems that doesn’t happen anymore today. Am I the only one?

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• skinny_legend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Adguard still works too

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