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Google’s anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.
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Still having 0 problems on Firefox with just Ublock Origin and adguard. Hopefully it stays that way
Are you logged in? Cause if not you don’t get these popups.
Yes I am. I even got the pop-ups for a couple days a week ago, but I just closed the pop ups and resumed the videos with no ads
Same on OperaGX, zero issues with their Adblock+Ublock Origin.
The irony of this post being behind a paywall
This is a dumb take. Being behind a paywall means it’s not controlled by Google and its ad network.
Are these webpages and people just supposed to work for free?
Is hosting YouTube infrastructure free?
I pay for YouTube and I think people need to stop complaining so much about ads if they’re not willing to support the infrastructure or the creators they likely watch hours and hours of content from.
I also think Google is charging too much and should decouple music from videos, but that’s another subject.
I also pay for YouTube. I just don’t normally bring it up because it usually results in a lot of rather unpleasant replies.
It’s fascinating, really.
Google gets a lot of hate for being a data collection behemoth. The whole “if you aren’t paying, you are the product” thing. And rightfully so.
And pirates love to say that if companies would just charge a reasonable rate for an easy-to-use service, then they would just pay instead of pirating.
But when it comes to YouTube, a lot of people seem to want to have it both ways.
404 media in particular do great work. They’re all defectors from Motherboard (vice) and I think supporting them is both worthwhile and worth it.
No pop-ups on NewPipe x Sponsorblock.
NewPipe is a third party app, hence you don’t get any popups. Doesn’t mean YT can’t do anything to stop you tho
Could they really do anything though? Newpipe directly scrapes the content, after all
My only issue with it is that it’s slightly outdated, so I run BraveNewPipe: https://github.com/bravenewpipe/NewPipe/tree/v0.25.2-2.1.4
(It implements the same features while also adding support for some extra platforms)
So far a Firefox workaround seems to be copying the URL into a fresh private browser window.
It may not be enough to matter, but a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.
Allready done. 😃 Some puts a YouTube link, I just scroll past. Can’t be that important if it’s on boobtube
Is…is boobtube a thing?
It sounds like it should be a thing
Modern day adaptation of a much older term.
Note: don’t look up boobtube at work lol
Well well well, today I learned!
a not-insignificant number of users will simply abandon YouTube if this keeps up.
I regetfully disagree. I think very few people will leave the platform and that the additional revenue generated from those that use adblockers but allow YouTube ads will easily cover the difference of those that do.
I don’t say this to discourage boycotting. Fuck google, do it if you want to!
FreeTube works fantastic on desktop. No ads and instant playback and high quality. Amazing app.
I second this, I use freetube and I love it
Use noscript it’s the best. You will have to learn what’s useful while being real and what’s fake but that’s the best part. It disables YouTube’s scripts for advertising.
Or just use uBlock Origin? It blocks YouTube’s ads (and their adblocker-blockers) right out of the gate. It’s also available on Firefox for Android.
This is better than Adblock.
It’s too much of a pain to use for me personally. I really don’t want to spend time figuring out which scripts to enable every time I visit a new site. Adblock I can just turn on and forget with minimum effort.
I have never had to touch anything on uBlock origin. Well, before this youtube stuff when I sometimes have to manually update a block list when YT gets a new adblocker blocker
I already use uBlock Origin. I haven’t had any issues with it. I was replying to the person who said NoScript was better.
I never had to touch anything in uBlock Origin, not even once, I just have to remember to check for updates every now and then. I see some people saying sometimes they still get ads on youtube, not sure if it’s youtube testing new targeting, but I’ve never seen ads on YT anyway, I guess I’m not interesting enough to them XD
Download Firefox. Look up “ublock origin firefox” in search engine of choice. Click install. Done!
It’s that easy…
I was replying to the comment saying that NoScript was better…I already use uBlock.
For the moment, Youtube is managing to push ads onto me despite uBO.
Have you followed the instructions in the devs’ Reddit thread? (At the bottom of the thread, they also have a section of instructions for people who’ve already gone through the process of purging their filters before.)
Also, make sure nothing else (ex. another adblocker, including your browser’s built-in adblocker) is causing issues.
Piped.video (on Firefox) works fine for me
@JRepin, best combination is uBO + this one
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/477725-youtube-iframe-adblockerdeleted by creator
