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.

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.

      • LadyLikesSpiders@lemmy.ml
        4·
        8 months ago

        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

      • vinyl@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 months ago

        I got those popups while not even being logged in at some points, but just purging the cache on uBlock filters seems to work.

      • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
        202·
        8 months ago

        Paying isn’t a bad idea if you want to do that.

        Google creeping on your privacy and your right to view HTML the way you choose to is gross and violating.

        These two ideologies don’t have much overlap, and definitely can coexist separately.

        • money_loo@1337lemmy.com
          21·
          8 months ago

          Y’all have a strangely strong emotional reaction to me just informing you that paying for the product works well as well.

          Sometimes you pay for a product and it’s not what you expected or it sucks.

    • rgb3x3@beehaw.org
      32·
      8 months ago

      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?

        • rgb3x3@beehaw.org
          2·
          8 months ago

          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.

          • JWBananas@startrek.websiteEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            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.

      • the w@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        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.

  • CaptObvious@literature.cafe
    171·
    8 months ago

    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.

    • MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org
      5·
      8 months ago

      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!

    • badelf@lemmy.ml
      61·
      8 months ago

      Allready done. 😃 Some puts a YouTube link, I just scroll past. Can’t be that important if it’s on boobtube

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      I’ll add that ReVanced and FireFox + UBlock are working fine for me still, still need to install STN tho

      I even recently dropped my Premium sub (when they ditched Pixel Pass) so I was kinda expecting retaliation for bailing on em but nothing so far

  • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.ml
    11·
    8 months ago

    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.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      8 months ago

      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.

        • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
          6·
          8 months ago

          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.

        • dracul104@lemmy.sdf.org
          12·
          8 months ago

          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.

          • vaionko@sopuli.xyz
            31·
            8 months ago

            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

            • Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              8 months ago

              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

            • dracul104@lemmy.sdf.org
              1·
              8 months ago

              I already use uBlock Origin. I haven’t had any issues with it. I was replying to the person who said NoScript was better.

          • Trihilis@feddit.nl
            21·
            8 months ago

            Download Firefox. Look up “ublock origin firefox” in search engine of choice. Click install. Done!

            It’s that easy…

  • 1984@lemmy.today
    9·
    8 months ago

    FreeTube works fantastic on desktop. No ads and instant playback and high quality. Amazing app.

    • Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      Piped is so slow for me, I’m not sure if it’s a me issue or a host issue. I finally spun up viewtube to test it out since running my own piped instance seemed cumbersome.

      • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Same here. I tried loading the same 13-second video on Piped and YouTube. YouTube played it instantly. Piped took several seconds (probably longer than the video lasted) to start playing.

        • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
          1·
          8 months ago

          To be fair, Piped serves as a proxy, you’re not getting the content served directly from YouTubes’ servers