youtube getting more aggressive… i’ve got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up
Grayjay. I’ll just say that much. If you know Revanced, this will be up your alley.
youtube getting more agressive
Submitted 1 year ago by tiita@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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red@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 1 year ago
Yeah, Louis Rossmans new venture, seems pretty cool. Would be nice if it supported tubearchivist or peertube.
red@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Peertube seems supported, there’s an option to add pt account, but I don’t have one, so haven’t tested
Amilo159@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Am I the only one who thinks “Allowlisted” is a seriously stupid term? Why, pray tell, can’t we use name of a colour anymore?
And no, I won’t Caucasianlist YouTube, ever.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I wrote a basic script with chatgpt which downloads the latest videos from a list of channels kept in a text files, straight to jellyfin.
Still testing, but seems to be working fine so far.
The day youtube blocks adblock for me they will be removed from my bookmarks to never return.
But we’l see if it actually happens because while Netflix has been nagging. I have continued to be able to share an account so far.
seedd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My freetube is working just fine. I wonder what would happen to invidious.
netburnr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Insidious works fine, no change, I just installed it yesterday. Only downside is the max 1080p quality.
seedd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’re maybe letting it slide bcs not too many people use it
Bobbettes@lemm.ee 1 year ago
To be fair it is how they make their money.
bstix@feddit.dk 1 year ago
Yeah, but do they need more money? It’s ruining their product.
echo64@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ehh, youtube is barely profitable, you can tell when it is because they make a big stink about it being profitable! in investor stuff. and then they go quiet the next year.
google absolutely doesn’t need more money, but youtube doesn’t really make money. also creators struggle more to get paid these days. I don’t really think googles solution here is the right one, it’ll just drive people away. But getting free stuff forever, and never watching an ad, in this case just hurts small content creators
google will go on even if youtube shuts down.
LinuxSBC@lemm.ee 1 year ago
If they don’t make money, YouTube will get shut down, and we’ll lose the archive of past videos.
greenmarty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For those on Android, workaround mind be Rossman’s new app (the guy fixing Apple PCs). Promise seem kinda alternative NewPipe app but with platforms (e.g.YouTubes) algoritms, following creators across different platform and possibility to log in to your accounts.
It has opensource plugins capabilities so if it gets popular it might keep growing and living from comunity support as well.
I’m not affiliated with that. I’m also yet the app. This is not add. AFAIK app is not monetized at this point.
derpgon@programming.dev 1 year ago
The app is supposed to be something like 10$, no subscription. Not sure if it’s paid atm.
greenmarty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you sure ? Because I could swear it has been announced as free . I have feeling there’s even opensorce code available.
AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Open the extension settings, purge the filter lists and then update them all. I was getting warnings and I did this, and I haven’t had any further warnings.
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
in ublock origin: purge cache -> update -> reload tabs/restart browser
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
youtubes reacting to bypass it.
I’ve done that almost every day and still getting the pester messages, even used element picker to filter it out and its only gone for a few hours at best.
Google is really throwing comically large amount of weight at this issue, that only exists cause they dont police their own fucking ads.
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I haven’t had any problems with ublock after I started getting blocked after I followed those steps whenever it comes back.
TheLobotomist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I gave up and got premium. It actually works out because we’ve cancelled Disney+ and Paramount+ and switched from the Spotify family plan to the Youtube Premium family plan and we’re saving money, but I’m annoyed that I’ve resorted to this.
kava@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I actually don’t mind subscription services in general. I would rather pay a monthly fee and not get any ads.
The issue is of course with Google is that your subscription cost is not only the money you pay per month. You’re also giving them your data and many YouTubers end up putting ads inside their videos anyways.
Really what we need is a sort of Peertube service with a model that uses ads and optional subscription service (to remove ads) to generate revenue.
This revenue would first pay for all expenses to run the service and then the remainder be split between all content creators relative to how many views or subscribers each content creator manages get.
The issue with current Peertube is that video hosting is expensive. Video hosting at scale is even more so. However, with enough subscribers the math starts to even out. I don’t know at what # this becomes viable.
Open source and transparent services ran by non-profits
I would be more than happy to pay a subscription for this. I donate regularly to lichess and Wikipedia for this reason. We need to support these projects because they’re the only viable path forward, I believe, that doesn’t end in inevitable enshittification.
perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 1 year ago
many YouTubers end up putting ads inside their videos anyways
Sponsorblock plugin for firefox?
Cookiesandcreamclouds@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You gave up and got premium. My guy.
Congratulations, you’re part of the problem.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Search for “quick fix” in the filters tab and update that. You have to do it atleast twice a day to keep up with YouTube updating their end but that’s the only thing that’s working for me. That and disabling all other adblockers including Firefox’s.
incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I unfortunately have a youtube addiction but I have canceled my subscription and will be using proper adblocking at home and alternatives like piped on mobile.
dmtalon@infosec.pub 1 year ago
worth checking out grayjay.app. It’s new, but comes from Futo/Louis Rossman. It’s in alpha/beta right now but the concept is pretty neat. Think of it as the Pigeon/Trillian of instant messengers. (do need android I believe)
Speculater@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you’re even remotely tech savvy you can setup pihole as your router and you’ll get no ads on any device.
Evolushan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pihole doesn’t work for Youtube ads as they come from the same dns
incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 1 year ago
😔 i am tech illiterate
q47tx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Based.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For now I didn’t see anything on Firefox and Librewolf, but who knows how long that can go on. I guess I have to just wait and see.
…and get used to Invidious in the meanwhile.
Nythos@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This should work for Librewolf too shouldn’t it?
Armacadia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Man I hate YouTube so much by this point, and had even before this anti adblock thing due to their mobile apps never working properly on any of my devices, mobile website basically made the clunkiest experience possible (to force people into using the app?) and desktop site being just so damn heavy. Would totally completely move to federated alternatives if not the 20 years of YT exclusive content that won’t ever be reuploaded elsewhere. It’s not even like a social network or a forum where you minutely talk to someone about something, get a response and then forget forever, it sadly grew a lot bigger than that
thatsthespirit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Vinegar app for Safari on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS has a very clever feature that’s called “switch to ad skipping”. It basically deceive YouTube by telling it you watched the ads and the videos load perfectly.
Also, UBlock Origin on Firefox’s been doing an excellent job at removing ads from YouTube.
cricket97@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are there any ad blockers that currently support blocking the popup?
Xander72@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Fully updated filters on Ublock work. Make sure to purge caches and then click update now on the filter lists page. It’s also recommended to clear any user specific rules you have for YouTube.
qaz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Don’t forget to disable Firefox anti-tracking
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
PopularUsername@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I used ublock to block the popup by using the pick function, but I have not run into this 3 flags your out popup yet, so depends on how they disable the video I guess. I’ll try to report back.
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 year ago
AdGuard works on safari
narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Updating filter lists always does the trick for me.
koyu@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
This made me switch to Invidious. Farewell YouTube.
doc1429@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I have enhancer for youtube extension for firefox and I get to just cross it off
Aatube@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure enhancer was one of the adblocks YouTube could detect. Uncheck that option and install ublock origin when you've got the chance.
alldreadme@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah same. Idk why I’ve got unlock setup, tried resetting the filter cache, reinstalled unlock (idk if that helps but had to try) and I still get these.
TheLobotomist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That too. There’s. New dystopian Rayman universe show on Netflix rn.
Galds@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This happened to me, I just pressed F5 and just watching
troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Yeah, this worked for me too
zcd@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Fuck YouTube
Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
What happen if you simply use opera or brave? The default anti tracking functionality normally triggers these protections, it blocks you just for browsing a certain browser? Without even having any adblock plugin
fushi01@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So far, opera, firefox, vivaldi brave’s ad blockers both with ublock origin have been blocking ads without getting any popup for me.
notasandwich1948@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
don’t know why nobody mentioned this but opening each video in new private tab works just fine
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Revanced still works, not using it is just silly.
knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Happened to me a the other day, so i used piped instead, yesterday my muscle memory got me back to YouTube and everything was back to normal
vbb@lemmy.sdfeu.org 1 year ago
😃 - “I blocked ads” 🙁 - “I don’t have ads”
BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This news is so fscking old. Why do we keep seeing it repeating here?
YT . Block antiblock. its all out intrusive. Stop using, next post.
Stop fscking reposting this shit that is literally 2 months old. Just because you “only just saw it” doesnt mean your 2 second GOOGLE would have told you everyone else knows ffs, and its been rolled out.
zephr_c@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It has clearly been rolled out much more widely in the last week or so. Before it was just a tiny number of people as an experiment. Now it’s everywhere. Of course people are talking about it again.
newcockroach@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Am getting the all ads(but skipable) on brave too
Babalugats@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What’s realistically the closest to YouTube today? Like Lemmy, small acorns need bigger communities 😁 Slow, but it’ll happen. It’s also not a bad thing to have people used to switching platforms every x amount of years. That aside, does a VPN work, or Newpipe?
I’m in EU, not getting any ads yet on Firefox or Newpipe.
Teils13@lemmy.eco.br 1 year ago
Depends on how you consider several subjective factors, including political, economical, technological and ownership/control.
Closest to lemmy might be TILvids (Today I Learned videos) → tilvids.com
They use Peertube protocol (FOSS), are sustained by donations (patreon), and there is a few big FOSS influencers there already, like the french developer from The Linux Experiment.
There is a few corporations that are pretty much national versions of youtube, like Nikoniko (Japan), Rutube (Russia), VK (Russia), Bilibili (China), Aparat (Iran) etc that would be nice if they were competitors cause they already have all the infrastructure in place to receive everything in youtube in one swop if we neeeded, but alas they obviously will not be taken. (sorry nikoniko)
There is some minor corporations like Odysee, Rumble, Dailymotion, Vimeo. But they are still private profit-driven corporations, so they can go the youtube way eventually. There is some rumours that Tiktok might launch a separate app and site for youtube-style videos too, but again, it is another private corporation and controversial.
The scale of capital needed for video hosting is several orders of magnitude bigger than text and images, this is why youtube became a de facto monopoly on most parts of the world. There is several text-driven social media sites, including this one, but only one big youtube.
PopcornTin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rumble is possibly the next populous one. A fair number of YouTubers replicate their videos on there.
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t know about Rumble: politico.com/…/russia-state-media-rumble-00020184
yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Nebula is the closest but it’s paid and it’s pretty hard for content creators to be invited to join. Next closest is Peertube, which NewPipe works with very well
BellaDonna@mujico.org 1 year ago
Peertube is a federated YouTube clone, like Lemmy to Reddit, or Mastodon to Twitter.
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
The only problem with peertube is the lack of monetisation for creators. In fact creators are more likely to have to donate to keep the platform up, especially considering it has not ads. Meaning it’s kind of the exact opposite of YouTube
The only way for it to work even remotely like YouTube would be some kind of donation revenue split - any excess revenue not used to keep the platform going goes to the creators of the videos.*
I guarantee with a video platform like that the amount creators could potentially not get much if not anything, as hosting videos is often a few times more expensive than hosting even just pictures.
Peertube only really makes sense as a self hosted archive, just in case you get banned off YouTube or want to archive your streams. That or a platform for not-for-profits to post their video content.