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.
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
I got those popups while not even being logged in at some points, but just purging the cache on uBlock filters seems to work.
Having Ublock Origin doesn’t guarantee success, read this: https://lemmy.world/comment/4933251
Same on OperaGX, zero issues with their Adblock+Ublock Origin.
Also having zero problems here paying for it.
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.
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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.
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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.
ublock origin works
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)
It made me switch to Freetube
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.
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!
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!
ROFL! I haven’t heard boobtube since the 70s! 😂
Trust me. I’m that old. 🤣
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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
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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.
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.
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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.
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
Piped.video (on Firefox) works fine for me
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.
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.
To be fair, Piped serves as a proxy, you’re not getting the content served directly from YouTubes’ servers
Yeah it works file for 720/1080p and no captions.
@JRepin, best combination is uBO + this one
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