YouTube is getting serious about blocking ad blockers

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• Its_Always_420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Uninstall Chrome (includes Edge, Brave, Vivaldi & many more) and replace with Firefox plus uBlock Origin

  Problem solved

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  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I personally prefer LibreWolf (Firefox based)

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    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think we should stop sending people to alternative “Firefox based” browser that will likely break compatibility even more than it is broken on Firefox. It will only frustrate the user and send him back to random chromium based alternative like brave. Firefox default privacy settings are more than enough for the regular user.

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    • SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve seen LibreWolf mentioned a few times. What’s the difference between the two?

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My rule: if it’s not in my distro’s apt repository, it’s too niche to use. If you want folks to use Librewolf, package it.

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    • clearleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s also Palemoon (Firefox cringe)

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  • Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why the recommendation for Firefox in this matter since ublock is promising support for multiple browsers?

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    • Its_Always_420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because Google broke how websites load in Chrome specifically to destroy adblock. They can punch holes in any adblocker that uses the Chromium web rendering engine. However Firefox does not use any Chromium code and still works the way it always has. uBlock (use uBlock Origin instead) will likely still work somewhat on Chorme, but would be helpless to block some ads.

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    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Installing adblocker on Chrome is kind of like putting on a rain jacket once you’re already wet.

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  • Forester@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It doesn’t solve the problem they still throw a warning every three videos. Brand new Firefox install with only u block. Both at latest version you block updated daily

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    • Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Purge cache and update, it’s that simple.

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• JDPoZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hmmm, weird.

  Anyway, cross-posting one of my favorite random comments from some other cool person I saw in a thread the other day :

  • Android
    • LibreTube
    • NewPipe
      • NewPipe x SponsorBlock
      • BraveNewPipe
    • Grayjay
  • iOS
    • Yattee with this guide
    • (Adding Piped/Invidious website to Homescreen)
  • Web
    • Piped
    • Invidious
    • ViewTube
    • (Tubo)
  • Desktop
    • FreeTube
    • (Using any of the web solutions as PWAs)
  • TV
    • Android TV
      • SmartTubeNext
    • Apple TV
      • Yattee with this guide

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  • heygooberman@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

    I’d like to add onto this and mention this app that I found while trying out the Android apps you listed: PipePipe

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  • Ghostlight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This guy needs a medal

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  • netchami@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nice to see that other people find the list I put together useful

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  • xfts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And Playlet if you use a Roku or Roku TV 😉

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• Kuro@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All this accomplishes is doubling down my resolve to never give youtube a penny

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• coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cable, its cable now.

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• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  YouTube wants users to allow ads or sign up for Premium.

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  • 314xel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Youtube wantses, Youtube don’t getses. Just like Gmail wantsed and I moved to another email provider. They want the money to stop shoving the ads, but still keep the tracking going. Well, I’m the product or the customer, I can’t be both.

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• GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And I’m serious about keeping Revanced updated ☺️

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  • Octopus1348@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And uBlock Origin

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• mawkishdave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I switched my VPN to Moldova and I haven’t seen a add, some of these small countries it’s not worth it to have ads.

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  • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ideally we would have an ad blocker that interacts with the ads themselves in background.

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    • netchami@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You mean something like AdNauseam?

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• gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pretty soon we’re going to need an adblock blocker blocker

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  • Rinox@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ublock origin has it already, it’s been a few years now. I think it just blocks the JavaScript code that checks if the ads are being played (not sure though)

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• Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Youtube doesn’t even serve ads to me if my useragent is a crawler.

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• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Christ we know already. Bitch bitch ads bitch bitch privacy bitch bitch firefox ublock origin bitch bitch. There are other things happening in the world of technology.

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  • OKRainbowKid@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Submit some posts yourself then instead of bitching!

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    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hey did you know that YouTube is blocking users who have ad blockers?

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  YouTube is broadening its efforts to crack down on ad blockers.

  The platform has “launched a global effort” to encourage users to allow ads or try YouTube Premium, YouTube communications manager Christopher Lawton says in a statement provided to The Verge.

  YouTube confirmed that it was disabling videos for users with ad blockers in June, but Lawton described it as only a “small experiment globally” at the time.

  Over the past several weeks, more users with ad blockers installed have found themselves unable to watch YouTube videos, with a post from Android Authority highlighting the increase in reports.

  YouTube has made several changes to the way ads operate on its platform this year.

  YouTube is likely hoping that its lengthy ad breaks drive more users to sign up for its ad-free YouTube Premium subscription, but a $2 price hike and the discontinuation of its cheaper Premium Lite plan might make the option less attractive.

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