youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up
Updating filter lists always does the trick for me.
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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Vinegar app for Safari on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS has a very clever feature that’s called “switch to ad skipping”. It basically deceives YouTube by telling it you watched the ads and the videos load perfectly.
Also, UBlock Origin on Firefox’s been doing an excellent job at removing ads from YouTube.
Not exactly an original opinion but I hate this. I watch ads on my Roku app, I watch them on the mobile app, can't they just let it go on web browser? This just wreaks of greed
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Yeah same. Idk why I've got ublock setup, tried resetting the filter cache, reinstalled unlock (idk if that helps but had to try) and I still get these.
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Am I the only one who thinks "Allowlisted" is a seriously stupid term? Why, pray tell, can't we use name of a colour anymore?
And no, I won't Caucasianlist YouTube, ever.
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For now I didn't see anything on Firefox and Librewolf, but who knows how long that can go on. I guess I have to just wait and see.
...and get used to Invidious in the meanwhile.
I have enhancer for youtube extension for firefox and I get to just cross it off
I'm pretty sure enhancer was one of the adblocks YouTube could detect. Uncheck that option and install ublock origin when you've got the chance.
That too. There's. New dystopian Rayman universe show on Netflix rn.
Fuck YouTube
What happen if you simply use opera or brave? The default anti tracking functionality normally triggers these protections, it blocks you just for browsing a certain browser? Without even having any adblock plugin
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Same story, different day.