▲ 526 ▼ YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 8 months ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 255 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] THX1138@lemmy.ml 112 points 8 months ago (8 children) No issues ublock and FF. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] 7101334@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago (2 children) Yeah uBlock Origin has worked fine through every single one of these "adblockers are broken!" articles I've seen I don't mind, it's still good to raise awareness about Youtube's bullshit - especially since I'm getting ads for Border Patrol, OpenAI, and the fucking Melania movie now when I do see them (when I am lazy and using my Roku TV instead of HDMI). But it hasn't been a problem for me yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago (1 child) Could just be because they address it rather fast. It could also be due to chrome limiting what uBlock can do. UBlock + Firefox seems like the ideal combo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 7101334@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I actually just realized I apparently disabled UBO for some reason on Youtube - can't imagine why - and it was actually just Brave Browser blocking everything on its own. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 1984@lemmy.today 14 points 8 months ago Dont let them know.... They probably never even tested on Firefox. :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] stochasticity@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 child) You ever get the "You are disconnected from the internet" screen? It goes away with a refresh so it's not a big deal, but it would be even cooler if it didn't happen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] THX1138@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago Only when there's actual issues with YT servers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago Same here permalink fedilink source parent [–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago A new issue for me is the video sometimes skips/very slow while the audio is fine. Restarting the browser and pc doesn’t change anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago (2 children) Yeah uBlock Origin has worked fine through every single one of these "adblockers are broken!" articles I've seen I don't mind, it's still good to raise awareness about Youtube's bullshit - especially since I'm getting ads for Border Patrol, OpenAI, and the fucking Melania movie now when I do see them (when I am lazy and using my Roku TV instead of HDMI). But it hasn't been a problem for me yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago (1 child) Could just be because they address it rather fast. It could also be due to chrome limiting what uBlock can do. UBlock + Firefox seems like the ideal combo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 7101334@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I actually just realized I apparently disabled UBO for some reason on Youtube - can't imagine why - and it was actually just Brave Browser blocking everything on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago (1 child) Could just be because they address it rather fast. It could also be due to chrome limiting what uBlock can do. UBlock + Firefox seems like the ideal combo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 7101334@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I actually just realized I apparently disabled UBO for some reason on Youtube - can't imagine why - and it was actually just Brave Browser blocking everything on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I actually just realized I apparently disabled UBO for some reason on Youtube - can't imagine why - and it was actually just Brave Browser blocking everything on its own. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 14 points 8 months ago Dont let them know.... They probably never even tested on Firefox. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stochasticity@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 child) You ever get the "You are disconnected from the internet" screen? It goes away with a refresh so it's not a big deal, but it would be even cooler if it didn't happen. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] THX1138@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago Only when there's actual issues with YT servers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] THX1138@lemmy.ml 1 point 8 months ago Only when there's actual issues with YT servers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago A new issue for me is the video sometimes skips/very slow while the audio is fine. Restarting the browser and pc doesn’t change anything. permalink fedilink source parent