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Post by Cop on Aug 14, 2023 12:55:43 GMT -5
Anyone been hit with the 'can't use adblockers on youtube anymore or we'll block the video" yet?
I used up all my continues already so I had to disable it (but I haven't watched any videos since). Even on the other PC with the noscript it went through. I can actually see myself just downloading every video I want to watch because I won't sit through a single ad, I can promise you that. Let's hope some internet-wiz figures out a workaround eventually.
Pretty lame move, youtube, but I'm sure you needed the money... Doubt anybody is going to fork over €120/year to disable them though.
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Post by ForRealTho on Aug 14, 2023 13:12:18 GMT -5
I use uBlock Origin. No issues.
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Post by Coolverine on Aug 16, 2023 6:21:35 GMT -5
I use Malwarebytes Browser Guard, the adblocker on it seems to let the ads play briefly and then closes them right away. I use all of these in my browser:
NoScript, uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus, Malwarebtyes Browser Guard, and Privacy Badger.
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Post by Cop on Aug 16, 2023 7:11:29 GMT -5
Keep the suggestions coming so when it gets unworkable for me, I have some options to try out. So far a laptop I also use sometime hasn't been affected yet and neither has my phone. This computer however blocks videos unless I disable it... ...or I use youtube in an InPrivate window, that also seems to do the trick for now...
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Post by Cop on Sept 18, 2023 11:11:26 GMT -5
*update* There hasn't been any attempt to block me from accessing videos anymore for weeks. Either adblock got updated or youtube realised they weren't going to get anything positive from it...
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Post by sj on Sept 18, 2023 18:14:13 GMT -5
*update* There hasn't been any attempt to block me from accessing videos anymore for weeks. Either adblock got updated or youtube realised they weren't going to get anything positive from it... Same. I was ignoring their requests to disable ad blocker. Probably >90% of ad block users did the same. Hopefully, YT gave up after realizing they'd lose too many viewers if they tried forcing ads. I hate ads, so forcing ads would only get me to use their platform less or not at all.. and I'm not paying for yet another subscription service.
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Post by Coolverine on Sept 18, 2023 21:02:18 GMT -5
On Youtube I actually don't have any adblockers turned on currently, just stuff to block tracking and scams/malware but the Youtube ads still close themselves out. So that means the ads they're trying to show are probably trying to track and/or infect with malware/scams.
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Post by sj on Sept 18, 2023 21:55:31 GMT -5
On Youtube I actually don't have any adblockers turned on currently, just stuff to block tracking and scams/malware but the Youtube ads still close themselves out. So that means the ads they're trying to show are probably trying to track and/or infect with malware/scams. For sure, it's a dirty/infected site. I've noticed YT channels with scams placed right in the videos. YT too busy censoring politics and user comments to have enough time for going after the scammers.
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Post by Coolverine on Sept 18, 2023 22:44:59 GMT -5
^lol speaking of which, I got a warning for saying Gretha Thunburg looks like Shrek. They must have her on a protected list or something.
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Post by Cop on Sept 19, 2023 9:13:09 GMT -5
Fiona in ogre form maybe, but Shrek?
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Post by sj on Sept 19, 2023 9:36:31 GMT -5
It's those flaring nostrils. She appears to be in a constant state of angst. I believe she was taught from a young age to be a spokesperson on global issues. Nobody should subject young children to so much politics and worry, especially not when they have mental/social development issues like autism.
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Post by Coolverine on Sept 19, 2023 23:09:28 GMT -5
Fiona in ogre form maybe, but Shrek? Yeah fair enough, I guess Fiona would be a more fair comparison. Just in the picture of her they had in that particular video, she just resembled Shrek I thought. People have said she resembles a Troll doll or even Putin (mural in San Francisco), so comparing to Shrek seems a bit less harsh. IMO.
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Post by Cop on Dec 3, 2023 10:21:24 GMT -5
Well, this bullshit is back. Try to watch a video today, tells me I need to turn off the adblocker. Didn't, just unmuted the thumbnail and let it play, lol.
Maybe for the best, I wanted to get some gaming in anyway so now I'll be more picky about what I wanna watch to make the extra effort to download it, which will free up some time...
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 3, 2023 16:53:29 GMT -5
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Post by Cop on Dec 5, 2023 13:00:42 GMT -5
I'll give it a try.
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Post by ForRealTho on Dec 5, 2023 13:15:30 GMT -5
I actually got hit by this. I got it to go away.
I made sure Ghostery was disabled on YouTube, I also have another Adblock extension I use on YouTube, I disabled that on YouTube as well.
Made sure Ublock Origin was the ONLY addin I have that interacts with ads on YouTube. Then I deleted the cache/cookies for YouTube and updated all of the libraries on Ublock Origin.
Then it stopped bugging me.
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Post by Cop on Dec 6, 2023 11:07:55 GMT -5
I disabled adblockplus on YT but left ublock running and it bypassed it today for me as well.
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Post by Coolverine on May 5, 2024 5:40:11 GMT -5
Started using Brave browser, have heard this one is supposed to be really good at blocking trackers and ads. Feels very similar to Chrome and has a built-in task manager that lets you see what's using resources in the browser.
One thing, I saw a lot of ppl are recommending to turn off cryptocurrency options in it.
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