this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
957 points (95.2% liked)

Technology

73698 readers
3290 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

youtube getting more aggressive.. i've got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up

(page 4) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Same story, different day.

[–] Compith@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

Just use newpipe or freetube

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I gave up and got premium. It actually works out because we've cancelled Disney+ and Paramount+ and switched from the Spotify family plan to the Youtube Premium family plan and we're saving money, but I'm annoyed that I've resorted to this.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Do you need to be signed in to Youtube to get this?

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Interesting question I'm genuinely curious think I'll experiment that

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] HonorIsDead@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I found I could visaully block the pop up and use keyboard controls to still play a video. It did break navigating the page though because while I couldn't see it popup it was still there.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just saw the "will be blocked after 3 videos" for the first time" (I was only seeing the generic warning so far). Updated filters and it went away.

I recently stumbled upon this post; seems like filing a complaint to said entity is something you can do if you're in the EU. I haven't done so yet, but I plan to. The fella over there has even provided the text he's sent. If what is said is true and it's indeed illegal for YouTube to show such prompts (and if that entity receives enough complaints), they might be forced to withdraw them (unless they're using some legal loophole already).

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Revanced still works, not using it is just silly.

[–] Synther@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

I’m able to play videos on my Samsung S9 with Firefox running with ublock. I never got a message.

[–] tfw_no_toiletpaper@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

I had this too, only thing that worked was clearing cookies and site data of YouTube, then logging in again. Another browser on the same account with the same uBlock settings worked the whole time, so I guess it's "device" bound not account bound. Since the cookie purge I don't even get the AdBlock warnings anymore.

[–] zoe 2 points 2 years ago

same thing 14 hours ago..ublock tweak didn't help, only piped.kavin.rocks allowed playback

[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm unable to watch any video despite uBlock instructions thing.

[–] tfw_no_toiletpaper@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Purge YouTube cookies and site data, log in again and see if it works

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›